CVE-2016-10409 Race condition in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile

High 8.1 Published 18 Apr 2018 Updated 16 Sep 2024

A time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to manipulate RPMB requests, potentially leading to privilege escalation or data modification.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2016-10409?

CVE-2016-10409 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware, published on 18 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile and Snapdragon Mobile SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 820A, and SD 835, TOCTOU vulnerability may occur while composing the RPMB request using HLOS controlled buffers.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10409?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 430 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 450 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 625 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 650 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 652 Firmware and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10409?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10409 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-10409 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10409 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mcfr-36hc-hjp6.