High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-9222
CVE-2015-9222
Description
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.
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Affected products
3- Range: < 2018-04-05 security patch level
- Qualcomm, Inc./Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearv5Range: 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, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016
Patches
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103671nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01nvdVendor Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39739/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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