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title: "CVE-2015-6617\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-6617

Publication date 8 December 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Skia, as used 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
23648740.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| android | 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6617?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| android | * Upstream:   <https://android.googlesource.com/platform%2Fexternal%2Fskia/+/a1d8ac0ac0af44d74fc082838936ec265216ab60> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6617)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6617)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-6617)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6617)

### Other references

* <http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2015-12-01.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6617>