What is CVE-2015-9173?

CVE-2015-9173 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Sd 410, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2015-9173?

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

Buffer overflow in Qualcomm Sd 410

CVE-2015-9173

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, missing of return value check in memscpy can cause memory corruption in TQS App.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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: 0.012 (66.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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-2015-9173?: CVE-2015-9173 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Sd 410, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2015-9173?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.