CVE-2016-10466 Weak cryptography in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

An attacker can bypass SSL security checks because the firmware uses a hard-coded random value when the RNG fails during handshake.

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-2016-10466?

CVE-2016-10466 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, 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, during SSL handshake, if RNG function (crypto API) returns error, SSL uses hard-coded random value.

Weakness: CWE-388

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10466?

It affects 33 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9625 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9645 Firmware and 27 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10466?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10466 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-10466 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10466 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g577-3p2j-vmv3.

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