Android mediaserver Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2015-8506)

Android mediaserver Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2015-8506)
Android mediaserver Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2015-8506)

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Affected Systems:

Android <5.1.1 LMY48Z
Android 6.0 <

Description:

CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2015-8506

Android is a mobile phone operating system based on the Linux open kernel.

Mediaserver versions earlier than Android 5.1.1 and earlier than Android 5.1.1 have a security vulnerability. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause DoS (Memory Corruption) by constructing media files ).

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Suggestion:

Vendor patch:

Android
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2015-12-01.html

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