VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-6646

CVSS score6.2 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-01-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-399

Primary references