CVE-2015-7897

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.92% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory blogspot.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/11/hack-galaxy-hunting-bugs-in-samsung.html vendor advisory
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=499&q=samsung
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134199/Samsung-Galaxy-S6-Android.media.process-Face-Recognition-Memory-Corruption.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38611/ exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-7897?
CVE-2015-7897 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-7897?
To fix CVE-2015-7897, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-7897 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-7897 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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