CVE-2015-8506

Publication date 8 December 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

mediaserver 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 24441553, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6616, CVE-2015-8505, and CVE-2015-8507.

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Status

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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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Notes

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
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2015-12-01.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8506