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

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CRITICAL

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 Apr 18, 2018

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.07%

Description

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.

Affected products

Vendor Qualcomm, Inc. Product Snapdragon Mobile Default
n/a
- Version
  SD 410/12, SD 617, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Qualcomm, Inc.

Snapdragon Mobile

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
SD 410/12, SD 617, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.07% 0.01069

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01069

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.07% (0.01069)	63.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.15% (0.01145)	62.47th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.10% (0.00100)	25.39th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.17% (0.00172)	55.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 9, 2023	0.17% (0.00172)	53.71th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.18% (0.00180)	53.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103671
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103671		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory