CVE-2015-8073

mediaserver in Android 4.4 and 5.1 before 5.1.1 LMY48X allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 14388161, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6608 and CVE-2015-8072.

Published: 2015-11-03 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-8073 is rated High Risk (71.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.67%). EPSS rose +1.20% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2015-8073

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 2026-03-27 1.47% 2.67% +1.20%
2 2026-03-03 3.76% 1.47% -2.29%
3 2025-04-05 — 3.76% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-8073

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-2015-8073

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-8073

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu negligible CVE-2015-8073 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-2015-8073

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-8073

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google android 4.4 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-8073

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