Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2015-8546 (CCN-179577)

Assigned:2015-12-12
Published:2020-04-07
Updated:2020-04-13
Summary:An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with software through 2015-11-12, affecting the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge+, and Galaxy Note5 with the Shannon333 chipset. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the baseband process that is exploitable for remote code execution via a fake base station. The Samsung ID is SVE-2015-5123 (December 2015).
CVSS v3 Severity:9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
8.4 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.3 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:10.0 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-787
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2015-8546

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
samsung-cve20158546-bo(179577)

Source: CCN
Type: Samsung Mobile Web site
Android Security Updates

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:samsung:galaxy_note5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/h:samsung:galaxy_s6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/h:samsung:galaxy_s6_edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/h:samsung:galaxy_s6_edge+:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/h:samsung:galaxy_s6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/h:samsung:galaxy_s6_edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    google android -
    samsung galaxy note5 -
    samsung galaxy s6 -
    samsung galaxy s6 edge -
    samsung galaxy s6 edge+ -
    samsung galaxy s6 *
    samsung galaxy s6 edge -