CVE-2015-6646

Published Jan 6, 2016

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
security@android.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.2
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
2.5
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-399

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations