Samsung Galaxy S6 Face Recognition memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Samsung Galaxy S6 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Face Recognition. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was published 11/03/2015 by Google Security Research with Google Security Research as File 134199 (Packetstorm). It is possible to read the advisory at packetstormsecurity.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-7897 since 10/22/2015. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (107855) and Exploit-DB (38611). Similar entries are available at 79057, 79056, 79054 and 79053.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: File 134199
Researcher: Google Security Research
Organization: Google Security Research
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-7897 (🔍)
X-Force: 107855 - Samsung Galaxy S6 face recognition denial of service
Vulnerability Center: 54209 - Google Android on Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Remote Privilege Escalation via a Crafted Image File - CVE-2015-7897, Critical
SecurityFocus: 77422 - Samsung Galaxy S6 CVE-2015-7897 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 11/06/2015 09:36
Updated: 06/26/2022 10:25
Changes: 11/06/2015 09:36 (59), 09/21/2018 09:40 (10), 06/26/2022 10:25 (3)
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