CVE-2015-6640 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2015-6640 PUBLISHED

The prctl_set_vma_anon_name function in kernel/sys.c in Android before 5.1.1 LMY49F and 6.0 before 2016-01-01 does not ensure that only one vma is accessed in a certain update action, which allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (vma list corruption) via a crafted application, aka internal bug 20017123.

EPSS 0.10% · 28.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.10%

28.6th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	android	0, 20150818-1500-0ubuntu2, 20150818-1500-0ubuntu3

Timeline

Jan 5, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6640 third-party-advisory
https://android.googlesource.com/kernel%2Fcommon/+/69bfe2d957d903521d32324190c2754cb073be15 third-party-advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-01-01.html third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6640 third-party-advisory

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