CVE-2015-9218: Qualcomm MSM8909W Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, and Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, when processing bad HEVC clips, the DPB fills, and with no error handling for DPB being full, a hang occurs.

Affected products

Qualcomm MSM8909W Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 400 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 410 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 412 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 427 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 430 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 435 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 450 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 625 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 650 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 652 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 800 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 808 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 810 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 820 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 835 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm Sd 845 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm SDM630 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm SDM636 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Qualcomm SDM660 Firmware: affected versions not specified

Published 2018-04-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.