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CVE-2015-9020

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jun 13, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9020
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the unlocking of memory.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AndroidGoogle**

Potential Mitigations

References

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