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Advisory details: ubuntu_osv / UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6646
Advisory ID ubuntu_osv/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6646
Aliases CVE-2015-6646
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.2 https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6646.json
ubuntu-priority medium https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6646.json
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/LineageOS/android_kernel_xiaomi_msm8953/commit/3c12649e05c98acbc39b7a27a3b91599cb618138
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-01-01.html
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6646
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6646

No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6646.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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changed

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There are no SSVC decisions available.