CVE-2015-8944 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8944?

CVE-2015-8944 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Aug 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

The ioresources_init function in kernel/resource.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 and 7 (2013) devices, uses weak permissions for /proc/iomem, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file, aka Android internal bug 28814213 and Qualcomm internal bug CR786116. NOTE: the permissions may be intentional in most non-Android contexts.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8944?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Android, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8944?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2015-8944 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8944 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2025-48595 Android Framework Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2024-32896 Android Pixel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.1

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-2m4f-x8rf-mm6q, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8944.