CVE-2013-6271

highpriority · attend · 48EPSS 0.080 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

8.03% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Android 4.0 through 4.3 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and remove device locks via a crafted application that invokes the updateUnlockMethodAndFinish method in the com.android.settings.ChooseLockGeneric class with the PASSWORD_QUALITY_UNSPECIFIED option.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.08.8highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 9.2

v2.08.4highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N/E:Fsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

post/android/manage/remove_lockAndroid Settings Remove Device Locks (4.0-4.3)functional · metasploit

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
google android= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 4.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 4.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 4.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 4.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 4.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 4.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 4.2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 4.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2013-12-14modified 2026-06-17

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references (13)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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