CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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8.2 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown part of the component Malware Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, validation of buffer lengths is missing in malware protection.
The bug was discovered 07/05/2017. The weakness was disclosed 08/18/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-8596 since 12/17/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/08/2019). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 44 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
The entries 101214, 103224, 103225 and 103226 are pretty similar.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 9.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/17/2015 🔍07/05/2017 🔍
07/07/2017 🔍
08/18/2017 🔍
08/18/2017 🔍
08/19/2017 🔍
11/08/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2015-8596 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 99467 - Qualcomm Closed-Source Components Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 08/19/2017 08:41Updated: 11/08/2019 15:26
Changes: 08/19/2017 08:41 (61), 11/08/2019 15:26 (4)
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