Android Mediaserver Vulnerability (CVE-2015-3823)
Publish date: September 02, 2015
CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-3823
Advisory Date: AUG 04, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Trend Micro researchers discovered this vulnerability in Android devices that could potentially allow attackers to perform Denial of Service (DoS) attacks once successfully exploited. It affects Android versions <4.0.1 Jelly Bean to 5.1.1 Lollipop.
Attackers need to trick users into installing a malicious app or go to a malicious website in order to download the said bug on their devices.
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