CVE-2015-8506

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-12-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

mediaserver in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48Z and 6.0 before 2015-12-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 24441553, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6616, CVE-2015-8505, and CVE-2015-8507.

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://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2015-12-01.html
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2015-12-01.html

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