CVE-2015-7897 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The media scanning functionality in the face recognition library in android.media.process in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge before G925VVRU4B0G9 allows remote attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted BMP image file.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 7% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2015-11-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| samsung | galaxy s6 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Samsung Galaxy S6 - android.media.process Face Recognition Memory Corruption | 2015-11-03 |
References
- http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/11/hack-galaxy-hunting-bugs-in-samsung.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134199/Samsung-Galaxy-S6-Android.media.process-Face-Recognition-Memory-Corruption.html
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=499&q=samsung
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38611/
- http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/11/hack-galaxy-hunting-bugs-in-samsung.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134199/Samsung-Galaxy-S6-Android.media.process-Face-Recognition-Memory-Corruption.html
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=499&q=samsung
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38611/
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