CVE-2015-9136 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

A buffer overflow in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via malicious FT IEs.

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-2015-9136?

CVE-2015-9136 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 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 Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 600, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 835, and SDX20, in pre-auth request, Host driver uses FT IEs sent by the supplicant. A buffer overflow may occur if FT IEs sent by the supplicant are larger than the expected value.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9136?

It affects 19 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware and 13 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-9136?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-9136 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-9136 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9136 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f995-82f4-v3q4.

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