CVE-2015-0573 describes an invalid pointer dereference vulnerability in the TSC driver (drivers/media/platform/msm/broadcast/tsc.c) of the Linux kernel 3.x, specifically affecting Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts via a crafted application making a TSC_GET_CARD_STATUS ioctl call. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0, <= 3.19.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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