CVE-2015-1541: Google Android

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The AppWidgetServiceImpl implementation in com/android/server/appwidget/AppWidgetServiceImpl.java in the Settings application in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48I allows attackers to obtain a URI permission via an application that sends an Intent with a (1) FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION or (2) FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION flag, as demonstrated by bypassing intended restrictions on reading contacts, aka internal bug 19618745.

Affected products

• Google Android: up to and including 5.1

Published 2015-10-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.