CVE-2015-9040
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a vulnerability...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a vulnerability exists in a GERAN API.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a vulnerability exists in a GERAN API.
- Record
CVE-2015-9040- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a vulnerability exists in a GERAN API.
- Record
CVE-2015-9040- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-8894 No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a vulnerability exists in a GERAN API.
- Record
EUVD-2015-8894- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rwpg-63qw-hjwj
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a vulnerability...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a vulnerability exists in a GERAN API.
- Record
GHSA-rwpg-63qw-hjwj- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-9040 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Google Android, published August 18, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.86%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.