--- title: "CVE-2015-8506\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-2015-8506?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2015-8506 Publication date 8 December 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 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. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8506?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 --- ### [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-2015-8506) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8506) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-8506) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8506) ### Other references * *