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CVE-2015-7897
The media scanning functionality in the face recognition library in android.media.process in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge before G925VVRU4B0G9…
High7.5EPSS 7.0%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The media scanning functionality in the face recognition library in android.media.process in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge before G925VVRU4B0G9 allows remote attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted BMP image file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.0% · top 5.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/11/hack-galaxy-hunting-bugs-in-samsung.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=499&q=samsung (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134199/Samsung-Galaxy-S6-Android.media.process-Face-Recognition-Memory-Corruption.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 38611 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
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