CVE-2016-10448 Race condition in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

A race condition in Qualcomm Snapdragon IPsec APIs allows attackers to cause memory corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code via simultaneous SA updates.

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-2016-10448?

CVE-2016-10448 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, a simultaneous command post for addSA or updateSA on same SA leads to memory corruption. APIs addSA and updateSA APIs access the global variable ipsec_sa_list[] outside of mutex protection.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10448?

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-2016-10448?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10448 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-10448 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10448 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m6hg-5r49-f32v.

Is CVE-2016-10448 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free