# CVE-2015-7718: Denial of service in n/a

> Attackers can cause a denial of service in Android mediaserver via unspecified vectors, impacting system availability.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not stated
- **Attackable:** Not stated
- **Victim action needed:** Not stated
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Oct 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-chf8-cg9c-9m69

## What is CVE-2015-7718?

CVE-2015-7718 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Oct 2015. 

### Official description

mediaserver in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY48T and 6.0 before 2015-10-01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 22278703, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6605.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7718?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Google Android.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-7718?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-7718 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-7718 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7718 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-58704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58704/): Google Pixel Improper Authorization (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-48543](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48543/): Android Runtime Use-After-Free (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-35674](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35674/): Android Framework Privilege Escalation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-48595](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48595/): Android Framework Integer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-32896](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32896/): Android Pixel Privilege Escalation (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-7718 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-7718 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Oct 2015. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7718 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Google Android. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7718/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7718/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7718
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7718
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-7718

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7718/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.