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CVE-2015-3844

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-10-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The getProcessRecordLocked method in services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java in ActivityManager in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48I allows attackers to trigger incorrect process loading via a crafted application, as demonstrated by interfering with use of the Settings application, aka internal bug 21669445.

Affected products

• Android: through 5.1

References

• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e3cde784e3d99966f313fe00dcecf191f6a44a31
• https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/Ugvu3fi6RQM/yzJvoTVrIQAJ
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e3cde784e3d99966f313fe00dcecf191f6a44a31
• https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/Ugvu3fi6RQM/yzJvoTVrIQAJ

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