CVE-2016-10464 Denial of service in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

High 7.5 Published Updated

Lack of input validation in HCI H4 UART packet ID allows attackers to cause a system denial of service on affected Qualcomm Snapdragon 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-2016-10464?

CVE-2016-10464 is a high-severity denial of service 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, MDM9640, MDM9650, QCA6174A, QCA6574AU, QCA9377, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 600, SD 650/52, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, and SDX20, lack of input validation for HCI H4 UART packet ID cause system denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10464?

It affects 17 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6174a Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6574au Firmware and 11 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10464?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10464 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2016-10464 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10464 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7h55-hg3x-w6vg.

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