CVE-2015-9138

CRITICAL

Qualcomm MDM9206 and related firmware - Buffer Overflow in RSA Encryption via ce_util_to_unsigned_bin

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear, and Small Cell SoC FSM9055, IPQ4019, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9625, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 600, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, and SDX20, when an RSA encryption operation is called, the ce_util_to_unsigned_bin is invoked to convert the input buffer to unsigned binary. The ce_util_to_unsigned_bin function, instead of operating on the size of the unsigned character buffer that is passed, operates on the address - i.e. operates on "c" instead of "*c". Decrementing the address to check if it is less than zero means that the operation will always pass, since a pointer will never be less than zero, and may result in a buffer overflow.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103671

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 30.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (37)
qualcomm/fsm9055_firmware
qualcomm/ipq4019_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9206_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9607_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9625_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9635m_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9640_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9645_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9650_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9655_firmware
... and 27 more
Published Apr 18, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026