CVE-2015-3873

libstagefright in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48T allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bugs 23016072, 23248776, 23247055, 22845824, 22008959, 21814993, 21048776, 20718524, 20674674, 22388975, 20674086, 21443020, and 22077698, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7716.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-3873 is rated High Risk (68.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.40%). Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3873

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 2026-02-27 1.04% 1.40% +0.37%
2 2025-03-30 0.76% 1.04% +0.28%
3 2025-03-29 0.76%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3873

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-2015-3873

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-3873

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu negligible CVE-2015-3873 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (android), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily): DNE 2, ignored 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3873

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3873

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

References for CVE-2015-3873

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