CVE-2015-6608

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-11-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

mediaserver in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bugs 19779574, 23680780, 23876444, and 23658148, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8072 and CVE-2015-8073.

Affected products

Android: from 5.0 before 5.1.1; 6.0 — fixed in 5.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Android 5.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034049
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/n1aw2MGce4E/jhpVEWDUCAAJ
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034049
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/n1aw2MGce4E/jhpVEWDUCAAJ

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