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Stagefright (bug)

Stagefright is the name given to a group of software bugs that affect versions from 2.2 "Froyo" up until 5.1.1 "Lollipop" of the Android operating system exposing an estimated 950 million devices (95% of all Android devices) at the time. The name is taken from the affected library, which among other things, is used to unpack MMS messages. Exploitation of…

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Affected software
Android 2.2 "Froyo" and later (Stagefright 1.0), Android 1.5 "Cupcake" to Android 5.1 "Lollipop" (Stagefright 2.0)
Date discovered
27 July 2015; 11 years ago (2015-07-27)
Date patched
3 August 2015; 11 years ago (2015-08-03)
Discoverer
Joshua Drake (Zimperium)

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Stagefright (bug)

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples7
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Stagefright (bug)

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Affected software · 1
Stagefright (bug) → Android 2.2 "Froyo" and later (Stagefright 1.0), Android 1.5 "Cupcake" to Android 5.1 "Lollipop" (Stagefright 2.0)
CVE identifiers · 1
Stagefright (bug) → CVE-.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-col…
Date discovered · 1
Stagefright (bug) → 27 July 2015; 11 years ago (2015-07-27)
Date patched · 1
Stagefright (bug) → 3 August 2015; 11 years ago (2015-08-03)
Discoverer · 1
Stagefright (bug) → Joshua Drake (Zimperium)

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android stagefright bug 2015 patches mms vulnerabilities library software devices august vulnerability device zimperium discovered google media security code source

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Stagefright (bug)Affected softwareAndroid 2.2 "Froyo" and later (Stagefright 1.0), Android 1.5 "Cupcake" to Android 5.1 "Lollipop" (Stagefright 2.0)1.00infobox
Stagefright (bug)CVE identifiersCVE-.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-col…1.00infobox
Stagefright (bug)Date discovered27 July 2015; 11 years ago (2015-07-27)1.00infobox
Stagefright (bug)Date patched3 August 2015; 11 years ago (2015-08-03)1.00infobox
Stagefright (bug)DiscovererJoshua Drake (Zimperium)1.00infobox
MP4 files.The discovered bugs have been provided with multiple Common Vulnerabilitiesinstance ofand used as a backend engine for playing various multimedia formats0.80text
Exposuresinstance ofand used as a backend engine for playing various multimedia formats0.80text

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