CVE-2015-1574 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a persistent application crash in the Google Email Android app by sending an email with a malformed Content-Disposition header.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-1574?
CVE-2015-1574 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Feb 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Google Email application 4.2.2.0200 for Android allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent application crash) via a "Content-Disposition: ;" header in an e-mail message.
Weakness: CWE-19
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1574?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Email.
How do I fix CVE-2015-1574?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-1574 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-1574 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1574 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3mpj-8j86-c69j.