CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-3860
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-10-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
Description
packages/Keyguard/res/layout/keyguard_password_view.xml in Lockscreen in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY48M does not restrict the number of characters in the passwordEntry input field, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a long password that triggers a SystemUI crash, aka internal bug 22214934.
Affected configurations
• google android (<= 5.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
References
- http://sites.utexas.edu/iso/2015/09/15/android-5-lockscreen-bypass/ Exploit
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/8fba7e6931245a17215e0e740e78b45f6b66d590 Vendor Advisory
- https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=178139 Exploit
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/1M7qbSvACjo/Y7jewiW1AwAJ Vendor Advisory
- http://sites.utexas.edu/iso/2015/09/15/android-5-lockscreen-bypass/ Exploit
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/8fba7e6931245a17215e0e740e78b45f6b66d590 Vendor Advisory
- https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=178139 Exploit
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/1M7qbSvACjo/Y7jewiW1AwAJ Vendor Advisory