CVE-2015-6636 — mediaserver in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49F and 6.0 before 2016-01-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bugs 25070493 and 24686670

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CRITICAL

mediaserver in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49F and 6.0 before 2016-01-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bugs 25070493 and 24686670

Published Jan 6, 2016

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 2.06%

Description

mediaserver in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49F and 6.0 before 2016-01-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bugs 25070493 and 24686670.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.06% 0.02060

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02060

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.06% (0.02060)	80.62th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.06% (0.02060)	78.77th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 3, 2025	1.21% (0.01215)	78.19th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	2.57% (0.02566)	84.19th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	5.14% (0.05142)	82.73th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	2.57% (0.02566)	84.50th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.15% (0.00148)	52.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 14, 2024	0.15% (0.00148)	51.11th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.15% (0.00148)	49.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.07% (0.02065)	79.84th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.07% (0.02065)	77.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.07% (0.02065)	56.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (2)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-01-01.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034592
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Link	Providers	Tags
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-01-01.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034592		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner google_android

Published Jan 6, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 21, 2015

Link CVE-2015-6636

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-6636

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-6636