Is CVE-2015-8546 actively exploited?

No active exploitation of CVE-2015-8546 has been confirmed so far. Continue monitoring, as exploit status can change.

Can CVE-2015-8546 be exploited remotely?

Yes. CVE-2015-8546 is exploitable remotely over the network (CVSS attack vector: Network).

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-8546?

CVE-2015-8546 has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

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CRITICAL

CVE-2015-8546

CWE-787Published: April 10, 2020· Updated: Jun 17, 2026

9.8

CVSS v3.1

Official Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with software through 2015-11-12, affecting the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge+, and Galaxy Note5 with the Shannon333 chipset. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the baseband process that is exploitable for remote code execution via a fake base station. The Samsung ID is SVE-2015-5123 (December 2015).

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2015-8546 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

The vulnerability requires no privileges and no user interaction, making it a prime target for automated exploitation campaigns and worm-like propagation.

A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 9.8.

From a weakness classification perspective (CWE-787): Out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities can lead to data corruption, crashes, or arbitrary code execution.