CVE-2015-7292

critical

Published 2017-04-10 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

VIR risk

9.8

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the havok_write function in drivers/staging/havok/havok.c in Amazon Fire OS before 2016-01-15 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string to /dev/hv.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

https://marcograss.github.io/security/android/cve/2016/01/15/cve-2015-7292-amazon-kernel-stack-buffer-overflow.html
https://marcograss.github.io/security/android/cve/2016/01/15/cve-2015-7292-amazon-kernel-stack-buffer-overflow.html

CWEs

CWE-119

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.