CVE-2015-9207 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

A buffer overread in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to read sensitive memory or cause a denial of service due to missing input validation.

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-2015-9207?

CVE-2015-9207 is a critical memory corruption 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, lack of input validation in playready_getadditional_responsedata could lead to a buffer overread.

Weakness: CWE-20, CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9207?

It affects 16 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 10 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-9207?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-9207 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-2015-9207 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9207 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g2f5-5mqw-gc7w.

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