# CVE-2015-8951: Use after free in n/a

> A use-after-free flaw in the Qualcomm sound driver allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application on Android devices.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Oct 2016
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x798-46wr-cwc3

## What is CVE-2015-8951?

CVE-2015-8951 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Android, published on 10 Oct 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

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/msm-lsm-client.c in the Qualcomm sound driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and Android One devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 30142668 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 948902.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8951?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Google Android.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-8951?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8951 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-8951 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8951 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-8951 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-8951 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Android, published on 10 Oct 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8951 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-2015-8951/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8951/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8951
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8951
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-8951

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