CVE-2015-3829

Off-by-one error in the MPEG4Extractor::parseChunk function in MPEG4Extractor.cpp in libstagefright in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48I allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (integer overflow and memory corruption) via crafted MPEG-4 covr atoms with a size equal to SIZE_MAX, aka internal bug 20923261.

Published: 2015-10-01 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-3829 is rated High Risk (68.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 17.06%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3829

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-05 25.10% 17.06% -8.04%
2 2025-06-08 17.06% 25.10% +8.04%
3 2025-03-30 17.06%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3829

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-3829

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-3829

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu negligible CVE-2015-3829 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (android), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily): DNE 2, ignored 2, pending 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3829

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3829

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google android <= 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3829

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