In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 2…

published 2018-04-18 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-9075

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.3%; EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, and Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, processing erroneous bitstreams may result in a HW freeze. FW should detect the HW freeze based on watchdog timer, but because the watchdog timer is not enabled, an infinite loop occurs, resulting in a device freeze.

Timeline

2016-04-27 First public exploit (EDB-39739)
2018-04-18 Published

Exploit prediction

4.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-39739 RomPager 4.34 (Multiple Router Vendors) - 'Misfortune Cookie' Authentication Bypass webapps, 2016-04-27

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.8	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

Classification

Weakness

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/39739/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
source.android.com /security/bulletin/2018-04-01
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/103671
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2015-9222
NVD CVE-2015-9222

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary