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title: "CVE-2015-6598\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-6598

Publication date 6 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

libstagefright in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48T allows remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via
a crafted media file, aka internal bug 23306638.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6598?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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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

gapless playback buffer size out of range values

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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-2015-6598)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6598)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-6598)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6598)

### Other references

* <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-security-updates/iv1BF0f0XY4>
* <https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=182386>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6598>