CVE-2015-3878

Media Projection in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY48T and 6.0 before 2015-10-01 allows attackers to bypass an intended screen-recording warning feature and obtain sensitive screen-snapshot information via a crafted application that references a long application name, aka internal bug 23345192.

Published: 2015-10-06 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-3878 is rated Moderate Risk (42.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.06%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3878

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 1.83% 1.06% -0.77%
2 2025-03-29 1.06% 1.83% +0.77%
3 2025-03-19 1.06%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3878

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-3878

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-3878

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2015-3878 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (android), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily): DNE 2, ignored 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3878

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3878

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google android 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3878

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