CVE-2015-7897

Published: Nov 16, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

7.5

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Samsung: Galaxy S6

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Samsung Galaxy S6	All versions

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (8)

http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/11/hack-galaxy-hunting-bugs-in-samsung.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134199/Samsung-Galaxy-S6-Android.media.process-Face-Recognition-Memory-Corruption.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=499&q=samsung

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38611/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/11/hack-galaxy-hunting-bugs-in-samsung.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134199/Samsung-Galaxy-S6-Android.media.process-Face-Recognition-Memory-Corruption.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=499&q=samsung

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38611/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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