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title: "CVE-2015-7946\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-7946

Publication date 7 May 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**4.6 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7946?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Information Exposure vulnerability in Unity8 as used on the Ubuntu phone
and possibly also in Unity8 shipped elsewhere. This allows an attacker to
enable the MTP service by opening the emergency dialer. Fixed in
8.11+16.04.20160111.1-0ubuntu1 and 8.11+15.04.20160122-0ubuntu1.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7946?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| unity8 | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 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)

## Notes

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

this is scheduled to be fixed in OTA9

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

4.6 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Physical |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 4.6 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7946)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7946)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-7946)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7946)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7946>