CVE-2015-6612

libmedia in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 23540426.

Published: 2015-11-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-6612 is rated Moderate Risk (61.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.57%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule 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-2015-6612

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 2026-06-15 7.72% 2.57% -5.15%
2 2026-03-03 7.76% 7.72% -0.04%
3 2026-02-28 7.76%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-6612

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-6612

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-6612

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-6612 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (android), 10 status rows across 10 suites (artful, bionic, precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 5, DNE 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6612

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-6612

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google android >= 5.0, < 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-6612

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