Input validation error in Google Android - CVE-2015-1805

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Input validation error in Google Android - CVE-2015-1805

Published: August 8, 2015 / Updated: February 13, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40679
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1805
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16 do not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an "I/O vector array overrun."


Affected software

Google Android
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
kernel (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2015-1805

Install update from vendor's website.

kernel (Red Hat package) - update to 2.6.32-504.46.1.el6

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

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