CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-0568

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the msm_set_crop function in the MSM-Camera driver for Linux kernel 3.x allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via a crafted ioctl call.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized privilege escalation or memory corruption, leading to potential service unavailability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor applications using this driver.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Use-after-free vulnerability in the msm_set_crop function in drivers/media/video/msm/msm_camera.c in the MSM-Camera driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via an application that makes a crafted ioctl call.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS