What is CVE-2015-8951?

CVE-2015-8951 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2015-8951?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2015-8951

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/msm-lsm-client.c in the Qualcomm sound driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and Android One devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 30142668 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 948902.

EPSS: 0.005 (39.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@android.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8951?: CVE-2015-8951 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2015-8951?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.