What is CVE-2015-7898?

CVE-2015-7898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy S6, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2015-7898?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy S6

CVE-2015-7898

Samsung Gallery in the Samsung Galaxy S6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (process crash).

Published 2017-06-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (57.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.008 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38610/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/134951/Samsung-Galaxy-S6-Samsung-Gallery-GIF-Pars… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/77430 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7898?: CVE-2015-7898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy S6, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2015-7898?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.