CVE-2015-9039 Denial of service in All Qualcomm products
A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in Qualcomm Android devices by sending specific downlink messages that trigger an assertion failure in the eMBMS component.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-9039?
CVE-2015-9039 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 18 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a vulnerability exists in eMBMS where an assertion can be reached by a sequence of downlink messages.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9039?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2015-9039?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-9039 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-9039 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9039 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m9qh-28m3-qw83.