CVE-2015-9161 Race condition in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

A time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to trigger a buffer overflow and potentially execute arbitrary code.

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-2015-9161?

CVE-2015-9161 is a critical vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8909w 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 MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, and SD 810, TOCTOU condition could lead to a buffer overflow in function playready_reader_bind().

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9161?

It affects 21 products.

Products include Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 400 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 410 Firmware and 15 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-9161?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-9161 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-9161 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9161 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j3jh-c6q7-v96f.

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