In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Small Cell SoC FSM9055, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205,
In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Small Cell SoC FSM9055, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 800, and SD 810, possible arbitrary memory read due to untrusted pointer dereference when handling HLOS controlled values passed to the QSEE syscall helper.
- Published
- Apr 18, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.9% · 58th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-476
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Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.9%
Noroxi analysis
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| qualcomm | fsm9055 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:fsm9055_firmware |
| qualcomm | fsm9055 | cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:fsm9055 |
| qualcomm | sd 210 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_210_firmware |
| qualcomm | sd 210 | cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_210 |
| qualcomm | sd 212 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_212_firmware |
| qualcomm | sd 212 | cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_212 |
| qualcomm | sd 205 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_205_firmware |
| qualcomm | sd 205 | cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_205 |
| qualcomm | sd 400 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_400_firmware |
| qualcomm | sd 400 | cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_400 |
| qualcomm | sd 410 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_410_firmware |
| qualcomm | sd 410 | cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_410 |
and 12 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- qualcomm fsm9055 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm sd 205 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm sd 210 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm sd 212 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm sd 400 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm sd 410 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm sd 412 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm sd 415 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm sd 615 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm sd 616 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm sd 800 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm sd 810 firmwareall versions
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (qualcomm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Mobile,Small Cell SoC
- FSM9055, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 800, SD 810affected
Same product
qualcomm: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2016-10501In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear, and Small Cell SoC FSM9055, MDM39Monitor
- CVE-2015-9196In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Small Cell SoC FSM9055, MDM9635M, SD 400, and39Monitor
- CVE-2017-18279Lack of check of buffer length before copying can lead to buffer overflow in camera module in Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon 31Monitor
- CVE-2017-18124During secure boot, addition is performed on uint8 ptrs which led to overflow issue in Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mob31Monitor
- CVE-2017-18294While reading file class type from ELF header, a buffer overread may happen if the ELF file size is less than the size of ELF64 header size 31Monitor
- CVE-2017-18301In Small Cell SoC and Snapdragon (Automobile, Mobile, Wear) in version FSM9055, FSM9955, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, SD 425, SD 42722Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer DereferenceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.