{"id":"CVE-2015-7897","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-7897","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:05:55.139Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2015-11-16T19:59:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:33:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["samsung/galaxy s6"],"epss":{"score":0.06996,"percentile":0.94115,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2015-11-03","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":38611,"kind":"exploit","title":"Samsung Galaxy S6 - android.media.process Face Recognition Memory Corruption","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38611","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/android/dos/38611.txt","file":"exploits/android/dos/38611.txt","published":"2015-11-03","added":"2015-11-03","updated":"2015-11-03","author":"Google Security Research","type":"dos","platform":"android","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2015-7897","OSVDB-129755"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=499"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.0%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/11/hack-galaxy-hunting-bugs-in-samsung.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134199/Samsung-Galaxy-S6-Android.media.process-Face-Recognition-Memory-Corruption.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=499&q=samsung","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38611/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/11/hack-galaxy-hunting-bugs-in-samsung.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134199/Samsung-Galaxy-S6-Android.media.process-Face-Recognition-Memory-Corruption.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=499&q=samsung","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38611/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7897","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}