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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-8942

drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/pproc/cpp/msm_cpp.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 devices does not validate the stream state, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android…

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.53%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/pproc/cpp/msm_cpp.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 devices does not validate the stream state, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28814652 and Qualcomm internal bug CR803246.

CVSS 3.0
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.53% probability · 43th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
google/android
Source
security@android.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.