CVE-2015-9222: High severity Google Android vulnerability

Published Apr 2, 2018
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Updated

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 SnapdragonHighMed2016, 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 Software

49 affected components
Google Android
Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware
Qualcomm MSM8909W
Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 210
Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 212
Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 205
Qualcomm Sd 400 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 400
Qualcomm Sd 410 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 410
Qualcomm Sd 412 Firmware
Qualcomm Sd 412
Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 425
Qualcomm Sd 430 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 430
Qualcomm Sd 450 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 450
Qualcomm Sd 427 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 427
Qualcomm Sd 435 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 435
Qualcomm Sd 625 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 625
Qualcomm Sd 650 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 650
Qualcomm Sd 652 Firmware
Qualcomm Sd 652
Qualcomm Sd 800 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 800
Qualcomm Sd 808 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 808
Qualcomm Sd 810 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 810
Qualcomm Sd 820 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 820
Qualcomm Sd 835 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 835
Qualcomm Sd 845 Firmware
Qualcomm SD 845
Qualcomm Sdm630 Firmware
Qualcomm SDM630
Qualcomm Sdm636 Firmware
Qualcomm SDM636
Qualcomm Sdm660 Firmware
Qualcomm SDM660

Event History

Apr 2, 2018
CVE Published
via Android·12:00 AM
Apr 18, 2018
CVE Published
via MITRE·02:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·02:00 PM
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