CVE-2015-9179: qualcomm, inc. snapdragon mobile

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-9179 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in qualcomm, inc. snapdragon mobile. EPSS estimates a 1.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 18-04-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile MSM8974, lack of length checking in OEMCrypto_DeriveKeysFromSessionKey() could lead to a buffer overflow vulnerability.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.