CVE-2015-9187 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Lack of buffer length validation in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to access secure memory, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

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-2015-9187?

CVE-2015-9187 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 Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, and Snapdragon Wear MDM9206, MDM9650, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, and SD 850, lack of buffer length validation in pvr_cmd_handler leads to unauthorized access to secure memory.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9187?

It affects 25 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 410 Firmware and 19 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-9187?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-9187 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-2015-9187 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9187 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qgjp-mvw8-92gm.

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