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title: "CVE-2015-3835\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-3835

Publication date 1 October 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Buffer overflow in the OMXNodeInstance::emptyBuffer function in
omx/OMXNodeInstance.cpp in libstagefright in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48I
allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted application, aka
internal bug 20634516.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3835?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| android | 15.10 wily | Ignored |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

as with previous stagefright issues, this issue affects Ubuntu's
android packages, but not in a way that is exposed to apps. See
CVE-2015-1538 for details

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3835)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3835)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-3835)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3835)

### Other references

* <https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/Ugvu3fi6RQM/yzJvoTVrIQAJ>
* <https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3cb1b6944e776863aea316e25fdc16d7f9962902>
* <https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/086d84f45ab7b64d1a7ed7ac8ba5833664a6a5ab>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3835>
