--- title: "CVE-2015-6596\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6596?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2015-6596 Publication date 6 October 2015 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Negligible** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description mediaserver in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48T allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bugs 20731946 and 20719651, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7717. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6596?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 | --- * [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 --- ### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie) additional fix available in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices (bug 20719651) 9ef830c6dbd4f6000b94abee3df14b9e27a38294 -> android 5-6 only, adds checks on binder calls first patch addresses mutliple crash issues related to threads in audio flinger --- ### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand) Ubuntu does not use audio flinger ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6596) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6596) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-6596) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6596) ### Other references * * * *