CVE-2015-9208 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear
Insufficient memory boundary checks in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allow attackers to bypass secure memory protections, potentially leading to code execution or 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-2015-9208?
CVE-2015-9208 is a critical memory corruption 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, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 800, and SD 810, the function tzbsp_pil_verify_sig() does not strictly check that the pointer to ELF and program headers and hash segment is within secure memory. It only checks that the address is not in non-secure memory. A given address range can overlap with both secure and non-secure regions - hence if such an address is passed in, it would not pass the non-secure range check, and would be considered valid by the function, even though that memory area could be modified by the non-secure side.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9208?
It affects 18 products.
Products include Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9645 Firmware and 12 more.
How do I fix CVE-2015-9208?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-9208 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-2015-9208 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9208 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-p87q-j7mq-759c.