CVE-2015-9120 Denial of service in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

Critical 9.8 Published 18 Apr 2018 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Attackers can cause a denial of service in Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets due to improper error condition handling in the core.

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-2015-9120?

CVE-2015-9120 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, published on 18 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, and Snapdragon Wear IPQ4019, MDM9206, MDM9607, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 600, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A, and SD 835, detection of Error Condition Without Action in Core.

Weakness: CWE-388

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9120?

It affects 27 products.

Products include Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware and 21 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-9120?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-9120 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-2015-9120 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9120 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qjr5-jph4-fc8v.