CVE-2015-3860 — 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

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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

Published Oct 1, 2015

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.37%

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 products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.37% 0.00374

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00374

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.37% (0.00374)	28.96th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.31% (0.00313)	22.81th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00043)	10.43th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.14% (0.00139)	51.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 20, 2024	0.14% (0.00139)	49.76th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.14% (0.00139)	47.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.02% (0.01018)	40.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	38.88th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	36.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	19.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-284

References (4)

http://sites.utexas.edu/iso/2015/09/15/android-5-lockscreen-bypass/
x_refsource_MISCExploit
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/8fba7e6931245a17215e0e740e78b45f6b66d590
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=178139
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/1M7qbSvACjo/Y7jewiW1AwAJ
mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://sites.utexas.edu/iso/2015/09/15/android-5-lockscreen-bypass/		x_refsource_MISCExploit
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/8fba7e6931245a17215e0e740e78b45f6b66d590		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=178139		x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/1M7qbSvACjo/Y7jewiW1AwAJ		mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner google_android

Published Oct 1, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved May 12, 2015

Link CVE-2015-3860

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-3860

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-3860