CVE-2015-9042

critical

Published 2017-08-18 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

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

VIR risk

9.8

Description

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a buffer overflow vulnerability exists when processing a QMI message.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

CWEs

CWE-119

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.