CVE-2015-7891

Published: Aug 2, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-362

7.0HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

Race condition in the ioctl implementation in the Samsung Graphics 2D driver (aka /dev/fimg2d) in Samsung devices with Android L(5.0/5.1) allows local users to trigger memory errors by leveraging definition of g2d_lock and g2d_unlock lock macros as no-ops, aka SVE-2015-4598.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAttack Vector

Local

AC:HAttack Complexity

High

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-362

Affected Products

samsung

commercial·KRaka samsung electronics

samsung mobileOn-premMobile App

Mobile Apps / android-app

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique

Privilege Escalation

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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77335

securityfocus.com

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=492

bugs.chromium.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38557/

exploit-db.com

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