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CVE-2015-9222

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 410/1…

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

Impact

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 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, and Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, processing erroneous bitstreams may result in a HW freeze. FW should detect the HW freeze based on watchdog timer, but because the watchdog timer is not enabled, an infinite loop occurs, resulting in a device freeze.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
QualcommMsm8909w Firmware
All versions
QualcommSd 210 Firmware
All versions
QualcommSd 212 Firmware
All versions
QualcommSd 205 Firmware
All versions
QualcommSd 400 Firmware
All versions
QualcommSd 410 Firmware
All versions
QualcommSd 412 Firmware
All versions
QualcommSd 425 Firmware
All versions
QualcommSd 430 Firmware
All versions
QualcommSd 450 Firmware
All versions
QualcommSd 427 Firmware
All versions
QualcommSd 435 Firmware
All versions

Weakness classification

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