CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-6646

Published: Jan 06, 2016 | Modified: Dec 07, 2016
CVSS 3.x
6.2
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Android Google 6.0 (including) 6.0 (including)
Android Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Android Ubuntu trusty *
Android Ubuntu vivid *
Android Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *
Android Ubuntu wily *
Android Ubuntu xenial *
Android Ubuntu yakkety *
Android Ubuntu zesty *
Linux Ubuntu vivid *
Linux-flo Ubuntu trusty *
Linux-flo Ubuntu vivid *
Linux-goldfish Ubuntu trusty *
Linux-goldfish Ubuntu vivid *
Linux-grouper Ubuntu trusty *
Linux-linaro-omap Ubuntu precise *
Linux-linaro-shared Ubuntu precise *
Linux-linaro-vexpress Ubuntu precise *
Linux-lts-quantal Ubuntu precise *
Linux-lts-quantal Ubuntu precise/esm *
Linux-lts-raring Ubuntu precise *
Linux-lts-raring Ubuntu precise/esm *
Linux-lts-saucy Ubuntu precise *
Linux-lts-saucy Ubuntu precise/esm *
Linux-maguro Ubuntu trusty *
Linux-mako Ubuntu trusty *
Linux-mako Ubuntu vivid *
Linux-manta Ubuntu trusty *
Linux-manta Ubuntu vivid *
Linux-qcm-msm Ubuntu precise *

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