CVE-2015-3845 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

A flaw in Android's Binder allows a malicious app to gain another application's privileges by bypassing parcel boundary checks.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-3845?

CVE-2015-3845 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 1 Oct 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Parcel::appendFrom function in libs/binder/Parcel.cpp in Binder in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48M does not consider parcel boundaries during identification of binder objects in an append operation, which allows attackers to obtain a different application's privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 17312693.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3845?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2015-3845?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-3845 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-3845 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3845 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-54x8-qj95-fq96, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3845.

Is CVE-2015-3845 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free