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CVE-2015-9165

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-9165 is a critical double-free vulnerability in the QTEE file service API affecting various Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Wear platforms, including specific models of IPQ, MDM, MSM, and SD series, on Android before the 2018-04-05 security patch level. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9206_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9607_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq4019_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8909w_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_210_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0125 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

source.android.com / security/bulletin/2018-04-01
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103671
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry