Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2015-6645
Published: January 6, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40542
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6645
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
SyncManager in Android before 5.1.1 LMY49F and 6.0 before 2016-01-01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (continuous rebooting) via a crafted application, aka internal bug 23591205.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-6645
Install update from vendor's website.