CVE-2015-9142 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile
Missing bounds check in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via the DAL-TO-QDI conversion framework.
- 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-2015-9142?
CVE-2015-9142 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9645 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 MDM9645, MDM9650, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, and Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, bounds check is missing for vtable index in DAL-TO-QDI conversion framework.
Weakness: CWE-118
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9142?
It affects 26 products.
Products include Qualcomm Mdm9645 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 400 Firmware and 20 more.
How do I fix CVE-2015-9142?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-9142 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-2015-9142 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9142 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8w47-x649-7p79.