CVE-2015-9157 Race condition in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear
A race condition in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to trigger buffer overflows or over-reads, potentially leading to code execution or denial of service.
- 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-2015-9157?
CVE-2015-9157 is a critical 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 Mobile and Snapdragon Wear IPQ4019, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9625, MDM9635M, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 600, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, and SD 810, in widevine_dash_cmd_handler(), rsp buffers are passed off to widevine commands. These rsp buffers have values in them, such as buffer lengths, that need to be validated to ensure that no buffer overflow/over-reads happen. However, rsp buffers are not always in locked memory, meaning a time-of-check, time-of-use issue can occur where we check that the value is valid, but then a race condition occurs where this memory is swapped out with a different, possibly out of range, value.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9157?
It affects 22 products.
Products include Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9625 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware and 16 more.
How do I fix CVE-2015-9157?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-9157 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-9157 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9157 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware
- CVE-2020-11172 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CVE-2020-11117 Command injection in Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CVE-2014-10045 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear
- CVE-2014-9988 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear
- CVE-2014-9998 In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, and Snapdragon Wear IPQ40
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gwfg-w653-2wxx.