CVE-2016-10437 Information disclosure in Small Cell SoC , Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

High 7.5 Published 18 Apr 2018 Updated 16 Sep 2024

An attacker can read sensitive information from debug logs in Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs due to improper format specifier usage in socket buffer functions.

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-2016-10437?

CVE-2016-10437 is a high-severity 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 Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon Mobile, and Snapdragon Wear FSM9055, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9650, 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 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 835, and SDX20, while logging debug statements or ftrace events from rmnet_data, the socket buffer function uses normal format specifiers which may result in information exposure.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10437?

It affects 28 products.

Products include Qualcomm Fsm9055 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware and 22 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10437?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10437 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-10437 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10437 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-34hq-hcr2-mw2m.