CVE-2015-3836

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-10-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

The Parse_wave function in arm-wt-22k/lib_src/eas_mdls.c in the Sonivox DLS-to-EAS converter in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48I does not reject a negative value for a certain size field, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) via crafted XMF data, aka internal bug 21132860.

Affected products

Android: through 5.1

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/sonivox/+/e999f077f6ef59d20282f1e04786816a31fb8be6
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/Ugvu3fi6RQM/yzJvoTVrIQAJ
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/sonivox/+/e999f077f6ef59d20282f1e04786816a31fb8be6
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/Ugvu3fi6RQM/yzJvoTVrIQAJ

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