CVE-2015-6646 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the System V IPC implementation in Android kernels prior to version 6.0 (2016-01-01). This flaw allows an attacker to exhaust global kernel resources due to improper interaction between IPC resource allocation and the memory manager. With a CVSS score of 6.2 (Medium), it can be exploited locally with low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in the KEV catalog, though it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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