Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 16, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-7897

Description

The media scanning functionality in the face recognition library in android.media.process in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge before G925VVRU4B0G9 allows remote attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted BMP image file.

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Affected products

Samsung Mobile/Galaxy S6 Firmware
cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Samsung Mobile/Galaxy S6 Edgellm-create
Range: < G925VVRU4B0G9

Patches

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References

googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/11/hack-galaxy-hunting-bugs-in-samsung.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com/files/134199/Samsung-Galaxy-S6-Android.media.process-Face-Recognition-Memory-Corruption.htmlnvd
code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detailnvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38611/nvd

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