CVE-2016-10447 Null dereference in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

High 7.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a secure UI crash in Android devices using Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets due to an uninitialized link list entry.

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-2016-10447?

CVE-2016-10447 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 Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 835, and SDX20, secure UI crash due to uninitialized link list entry in dynamic font module.

Weakness: CWE-824

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10447?

It affects 20 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 14 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10447?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10447 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-10447 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10447 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x754-mmwm-rpvm.

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