CVE-2015-9221 is a critical vulnerability affecting Android devices with Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, 800, and 810 chipsets before the 2018-04-05 security patch. It stems from a lack of pointer validation, allowing untrusted pointer dereferences within secure applications. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_400_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_800_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_810_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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