What is CVE-2015-6612?

CVE-2015-6612 is a vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. Published 2015-11-03.

Is CVE-2015-6612 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

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 modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

groups.google.com/forum/message/raw (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1034049 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-6612?: CVE-2015-6612 is a vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. Published 2015-11-03.
Is CVE-2015-6612 known to be exploited?: 12 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.