CVE-2015-7292: amazon fire_os

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-7292 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in amazon fire_os. EPSS estimates a 1.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-04-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the havok_write function in drivers/staging/havok/havok.c in Amazon Fire OS before 2016-01-15 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string to /dev/hv.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.