What is CVE-2015-9169?

CVE-2015-9169 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8909w, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2015-9169?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Qualcomm Msm8909w

CVE-2015-9169

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 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, and SD 810, buffer over-read in QSEE app may cause confidential information to be leaked.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

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-2015-9169?: CVE-2015-9169 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8909w, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2015-9169?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.