CVE-2015-6605

Publication date 6 October 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

mediaserver in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48T allows attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via unspecified vectors, aka internal bugs 20915134 and 23142203, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7718.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
android	15.10 wily	Ignored
	15.04 vivid	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

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Notes

sbeattie

google claims these are all mediaserver crashers and thus DoS only

jdstrand

as with previous stagefright issues, this issue affects Ubuntu's android packages, but not in a way that is exposed to apps. See CVE-2015-1538 for details

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-security-updates/iv1BF0f0XY4
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/tremolo/+/36ec928f52271dd1feb4c86b18026564220629e9%5E!/#F0
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3ce293842fed1b3abd2ff0aecd2a0c70a55086ee%5E!/#F0
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libhevc/+/2b67e532653b815e2341a0ac0b59d1b0ef82170d%5E!/#F0
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6605