CVE-2015-7898

MEDIUM

Samsung Galaxy S6 - Denial of Service in Samsung Gallery GIF Parser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2015-7898. PoCs published by Google Security Research.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Samsung Gallery application (CVE-2015-7898) by triggering a SIGSEGV crash when parsing a malformed GIF file. The crash occurs in the `ColorMap` function within `libSecMMCodec.so` due to improper handling of the GIF's colormap.

Description

Samsung Gallery in the Samsung Galaxy S6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (process crash).

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · textdosandroid
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38610

This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Samsung Gallery application (CVE-2015-7898) by triggering a SIGSEGV crash when parsing a malformed GIF file. The crash occurs in the `ColorMap` function within `libSecMMCodec.so` due to improper handling of the GIF's colormap.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Samsung Gallery application (com.sec.android.gallery3d)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target device to open the malformed GIF file in the Samsung Gallery application
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38610/
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=500&redir=1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77430

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0084
EPSS Percentile 53.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (1)
samsung/samsung_mobile
Published Jun 27, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026