CVE-2015-6611

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% 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-200

Description

mediaserver in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via unknown vectors, aka internal bugs 23905951, 23912202, 23953967, 23696300, 23600291, 23756261, 23541506, 23284974, 23542351, and 23542352, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8074.

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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