CVE-2015-6616

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 bugs 24630158 and 23882800, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8505, CVE-2015-8506, and CVE-2015-8507.

Published: 2015-12-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-6616 is rated Moderate Risk (64/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.86%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-6616

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 1.82% 1.86% +0.04%
2 2025-11-09 0.93% 1.82% +0.88%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.93% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-6616

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-2015-6616

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-6616

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu negligible CVE-2015-6616 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-2015-6616

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-6616

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-2015-6616

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