6.1

CVE-2015-8956: google android NULL Pointer Dereference

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8956DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8956
Published 10-10-2016Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-8956 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in google android. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 7
DLA-670-1DSA-3696-1RHSA-2016:2574RHSA-2016:2584SUSE-SU-2016:2912-1SUSE-SU-2016:2976-1

Timeline

  1. 10-10-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The rfcomm_sock_bind function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM socket.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu12 products
  • linux< 4.2.0-16.19
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1002.2 | < 4.4.0-1001.10
  • linux-azure< 4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1 | < 4.11.0-1009.9
  • linux-euclid< 4.4.0-9019.20
  • linux-gcp< 4.10.0-1004.4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 4.2.1-1
Google1 product
Linux1 product

4 vendors · 15 products

References

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