CVE-2015-9222

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

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

Qualcomm Msm8909W Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 400 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 410 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 412 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 427 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 430 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 435 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 450 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 625 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 650 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 652 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 800 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 808 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 810 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 820 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 835 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 845 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sdm630 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sdm636 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sdm660 Firmware: all versions

References

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