What is CVE-2015-5524?

CVE-2015-5524 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2015-5524?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-5524 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2015-5524

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4) and later software through 2015-05-13. There is a buffer overflow in datablock_write because the amount of received data is not validated. The Samsung ID is SVE-2015-4018 (December 2015).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (43.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 4.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5524?: CVE-2015-5524 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2015-5524?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-5524 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.