CVE-2015-9162 Null dereference in Snapdragon Mobile

Critical 9.8 Published 18 Apr 2018 Updated 17 Sep 2024

A null pointer dereference in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to cause a denial of service via memory allocation failure.

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-2015-9162?

CVE-2015-9162 is a critical vulnerability in Qualcomm Sd 410 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 SD 410/12, SD 617, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, and SD 810, in the function "Certificate_CreateWithBuffer" in the QSEE app TQS, in case of memory allocation failure, we free the memory and return the pointer without setting it to NULL.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9162?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Qualcomm Sd 410 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 412 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 617 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 650 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 652 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 800 Firmware and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-9162?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-9162 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-9162 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9162 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Sd 410 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-466v-4v74-fjvq.