CVE-2015-1525

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-01-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

audio/AudioPolicyManagerBase.cpp in Android before 5.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (audio_policy application outage) via a crafted application that provides a NULL device address.

Affected products

Android: before 5.1 — fixed in 5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Android 5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/libhardware_legacy/+/2d2ea50%5E%21/
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/libhardware_legacy/+/2d2ea50%5E%21/

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