Medium severity · published Jun 27, 2017
CVE-2015-7898
Samsung Gallery in the Samsung Galaxy S6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (process crash)
5.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Samsung Gallery in the Samsung Galaxy S6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (process crash).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SM
Samsung Mobile · Samsung
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7898
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7898
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134951/Samsung-Galaxy-S6-Samsung-Gallery-GIF-Parsing-Crash.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77430
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=500&redir=1
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38610/
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