CVE-2016-10438 Information disclosure in Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

High 7.5 Published 18 Apr 2018 Updated 17 Sep 2024

An attacker can read sensitive memory addresses from debug logs in Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs, potentially aiding further exploitation.

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-2016-10438?

CVE-2016-10438 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Ipq4019 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, IPQ4019, IPQ8064, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, QCA4531, QCA9980, 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, information exposure vulnerability when logging debug statement due to %p usage.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10438?

It affects 31 products.

Products include Qualcomm Fsm9055 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware and 25 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10438?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10438 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-10438 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10438 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xp3m-hmgx-49jg.