CVE-2016-10421 Information disclosure in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Attackers can potentially read sensitive key material due to improper clearing in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware, requiring a security patch.

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-2016-10421?

CVE-2016-10421 is a critical vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 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 Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9615, MDM9625, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, and SDX20, key material is not always cleared properly.

Weakness: CWE-320

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10421?

It affects 34 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9615 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9625 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware and 28 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10421?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10421 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-10421 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10421 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3g43-r9pg-jrj9.

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