CVE-2015-8999

high

Published 2017-05-16 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

7.8

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

CVSS v2

9.3

VIR risk

7.8

Description

In TrustZone a buffer overflow vulnerability can potentially occur in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel while loading an ELF file.

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01

CWE-119

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