CVE-2015-6645 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Attackers can cause continuous device rebooting via a crafted application exploiting a flaw in the Android SyncManager component.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-6645?

CVE-2015-6645 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Jan 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

SyncManager in Android before 5.1.1 LMY49F and 6.0 before 2016-01-01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (continuous rebooting) via a crafted application, aka internal bug 23591205.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6645?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6645?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6645 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-2015-6645 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6645 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cggf-4c2c-q3h4.

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