What is CVE-2015-8893?

CVE-2015-8893 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2015-8893?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2015-8893

app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service (OS outage or buffer over-read) via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28822690 and Qualcomm internal bug CR822275.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-07-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8893?: CVE-2015-8893 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2015-8893?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.