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CVE-2015-7890

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the esa_write function in /dev/seirenin the Exynos Seiren Audio driver, as used in Samsung S6 Edge, allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a large (1) buffer or (2) size parameter.

Affected products

• Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Firmware: all versions

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134106/Samsung-Seiren-Kernel-Driver-Buffer-Overflow.html
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=491
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38556/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134106/Samsung-Seiren-Kernel-Driver-Buffer-Overflow.html
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=491
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38556/

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