CVE-2015-3840: Google Android

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The MessageStatusReceiver service in the AndroidManifest.XML in Android 5.1.1 and earlier allows local users to alter sent/received statuses of SMS and MMS messages without the associated "WRITE_SMS" permission.

Affected products

• Google Android: up to and including 5.1.1

Published 2017-06-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.