What is CVE-2015-7292?

CVE-2015-7292 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Amazon Fire Os, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2015-7292?

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

Buffer overflow in Amazon Fire Os

CVE-2015-7292

Stack-based buffer overflow in the havok_write function in drivers/staging/havok/havok.c in Amazon Fire OS before 2016-01-15 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string to /dev/hv.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.019 (76.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Amazon Fire_os
N/a Amazon Fire Os Before 2016-01-15 — versions Amazon Fire OS before 2016-01-15

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cret@cert.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7292?: CVE-2015-7292 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Amazon Fire Os, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2015-7292?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.