CVE-2015-9044 Denial of service in All Qualcomm products
An improper bound on frequency list size in the LTE component can trigger an assertion failure, causing a denial of service in Qualcomm Android devices.
- 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-2015-9044?
CVE-2015-9044 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 LTE where an assertion can be reached due to an improper bound on the size of a frequency list.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9044?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2015-9044?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-9044 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-2015-9044 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9044 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f5mm-gwr7-gxf7.