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CVE-2015-6612

libmedia in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows attackers to gain...

9.3 HighPublic exploit

libmedia in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 23540426.

Exploit likelihood

2.87%Up 1.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

libmedia in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 23540426.

Record
CVE-2015-6612
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-264
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

libmedia in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 23540426.

Record
CVE-2015-6612
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-6550 No score

libmedia in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 23540426.

Record
EUVD-2015-6550
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cmx2-p36f-4cp6 No score

libmedia in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows attackers to gain...

libmedia in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 23540426.

Record
GHSA-cmx2-p36f-4cp6
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-6612 No score

libmedia in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 23540426.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6612
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
android
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
20150818-1500-0ubuntu220150818-1500-0ubuntu320160307-0742-0ubuntu320160330-0939-0ubuntu1
None known

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
PoC in GitHubflankerhqd/cve-2015-6612poc-forM2015-11-16
PoC in GitHubsecmob/CVE-2015-66122015-11-16

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

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In short

CVE-2015-6612 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Google Android, published November 3, 2015. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.87%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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