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CVE-2015-7896

CVE detail

CVE-2015-7896

LibQJpeg in the Samsung Galaxy S6 before the October 2015 MR allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and SIGSEGV) via a crafted image file.

CVSS 6.5 · MediumBuzz score 17.5

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 17.5

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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0

Mention score

11.0

2 evidence mentions in the snapshot

Diversity score

6.5

2 sources across 1 categories

KEV score

0.0

No KEV entry observed

OTX score

0.0

0 OTX pulses

PoC score

0.0

0 repos · best confidence N/A

Best PoC traction

Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions: 0; within the 30d window
Peak daily: 0; highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first

2 source links · newest first

Project Zero Experts Found critical flaws in Samsung Galaxy S6 EdgeSecurity Affairs
Experts at Google’s Project Zero have discovered a number of high severity flaws in the Android OS version running on Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones. Experts at Google Project Zero are conducting an analysis of the Android operating system running on the Android OS installed by other manufacturers on their mobile devices. The principal manufactures […]
newssecurityaffairs.comNov 4, 2015, 7:06 AM
Google Researchers Find Serious Flaws in Galaxy S6 EdgeSecurityWeek
Researchers from Google’s Project Zero have identified nearly a dozen high severity vulnerabilities in the Android operating system running on Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones.
newswww.securityweek.comNov 3, 2015, 6:44 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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0 repository references · best confidence N/A · max 0 stars

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External lookup

Potential internet exposure

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Unavailable

Published

Aug 24, 2017

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE IDs

Vendor classifications

How this vector reads

CVSS 3.0 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Attack Vector (AV): Network. The vulnerable system can be reached across network boundaries.
Attack Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Privileges Required (PR): None. The attacker needs no privileges on the vulnerable system.
User Interaction (UI): Required. Another user must take an action for exploitation to succeed.
Scope (S): Unchanged. Impacts remain within the vulnerable security authority.
Confidentiality Impact (C): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.
Integrity Impact (I): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.
Availability Impact (A): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

0 stored signals · no KEV · 0 OTX pulses