CVE-2015-3849

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% 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 Region_createFromParcel function in core/jni/android/graphics/Region.cpp in Region in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48M does not check the return values of certain read operations, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via an application that sends a crafted message to a service, aka internal bug 21585255.

Affected products

Android: through 5.1

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/1e72dc7a3074cd0b44d89afbf39bbf5000ef7cc3
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/4cff1f49ff95d990d6c2614da5d5a23d02145885
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/1M7qbSvACjo/Y7jewiW1AwAJ
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/1e72dc7a3074cd0b44d89afbf39bbf5000ef7cc3
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/4cff1f49ff95d990d6c2614da5d5a23d02145885
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/1M7qbSvACjo/Y7jewiW1AwAJ

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