What is CVE-2015-9162?

CVE-2015-9162 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Sd 410, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2015-9162?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Qualcomm Sd 410

CVE-2015-9162

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile SD 410/12, SD 617, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, and SD 810, in the function "Certificate_CreateWithBuffer" in the QSEE app TQS, in case of memory allocation failure, we free the memory and return the pointer without setting it to NULL.

Published 2018-04-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103671 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-9162?: CVE-2015-9162 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Sd 410, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2015-9162?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.