CVE-2015-9179 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile MSM8974 and its firmware, present in Android versions prior to the 2018-04-05 security patch level. This flaw stems from a lack of length checking in the OEMCrypto_DeriveKeysFromSessionKey() function. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows for remote, low-complexity attacks without user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it shows no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8974_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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