CVE-2015-7897
The media scanning functionality in the face recognition library in android.media.process in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge before G925VVRU4B0G9 allows remote attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted BMP image…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.00%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The media scanning functionality in the face recognition library in android.media.process in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge before G925VVRU4B0G9 allows remote attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted BMP image file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.00% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- samsung/galaxy s6
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/11/hack-galaxy-hunting-bugs-in-samsung.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134199/Samsung-Galaxy-S6-Android.media.process-Face-Recognition-Memory-Corruption.html
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=499&q=samsung
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38611/
- http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/11/hack-galaxy-hunting-bugs-in-samsung.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134199/Samsung-Galaxy-S6-Android.media.process-Face-Recognition-Memory-Corruption.html
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=499&q=samsung
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38611/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.