# CVE-2015-3845: Privilege escalation in n/a

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Oct 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-54x8-qj95-fq96, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3845

## 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: 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.

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- [CVE-2026-58704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58704/): Google Pixel Improper Authorization (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-48543](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48543/): Android Runtime Use-After-Free (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-35674](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35674/): Android Framework Privilege Escalation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-48595](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48595/): Android Framework Integer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-32896](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32896/): Android Pixel Privilege Escalation (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-3845 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Google Android. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3845/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3845/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3845
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3845
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-3845

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3845/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.