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CRITICAL
CVE-2015-9162
Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile QSEE app Certificate_CreateWithBuffer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 18, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 9, 2018, 4:26 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-9162 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Qualcomm sd_410_firmware
2 Qualcomm sd_412_firmware
3 Qualcomm sd_650_firmware
4 Qualcomm sd_652_firmware
5 Qualcomm sd_617_firmware
6 Qualcomm sd_800_firmware
7 Qualcomm sd_810_firmware
8 Qualcomm sd_808_firmware
1 Google android
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103671 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01 Vendor Advisory

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103671 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103671 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01 No Types Assigned https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_410_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_410:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_412_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_412:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_617_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_617:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_650_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_650:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_652_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_652:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_800_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_808_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_808:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_810_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_810:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 20, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103671 [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.17 }} -0.01%

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0.53707

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