CVE-2016-10439 Race condition in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile
A TOCTOU race condition in the bulletin_board_read syscall allows attackers to bypass pointer validation, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation on affected devices.
- 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-2016-10439?
CVE-2016-10439 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, and SD 820A, there is a TOCTOU vulnerability in the input validation for bulletin_board_read syscall. A pointer dereference is being validated without promising the pointer hasn't been changed by the HLOS program.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10439?
It affects 8 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 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10439?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10439 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-10439 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10439 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware
- CVE-2015-9110 Missing authorization in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile
- CVE-2015-9114 Null dereference in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile
- CVE-2016-10430 Information disclosure in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile
- CVE-2016-10440 Missing authorization in Snapdragon Mobile
- CVE-2016-10454 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m8jj-w277-8fh4.