What is CVE-2015-6646?

CVE-2015-6646 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2016-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2015-6646?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-6646 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2015-6646

The System V IPC implementation in the kernel in Android before 6.0 2016-01-01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (global kernel resource consumption) by leveraging improper interaction between IPC resource allocation and the memory manager, aka internal bug 22300191, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7613.

EPSS: 0.006 (45.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@android.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-6646?: CVE-2015-6646 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2016-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2015-6646?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-6646 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.