CVE-2016-10420 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear
Out-of-bounds access in Qualcomm Snapdragon media playback causes a crash when processing specific FLV files, requiring a security patch.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-10420?
CVE-2016-10420 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, published on 18 Apr 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 600, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 835, and SDX20, while playing back a .flv clip which doesn't have an inbuilt seek table, a dynamic index table access is out of bounds and leads to crash.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10420?
It affects 26 products.
Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware and 20 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10420?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10420 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-10420 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10420 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware
- CVE-2016-10394 Improper Authentication in Core
- CVE-2019-10522 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2019-10528 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2019-10533 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2019-10534 Null dereference in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pqj7-cc9h-g849.