CVE-2017-18074 Denial of service in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

Critical 9.8 Published 11 Apr 2018 Updated 16 Sep 2024

A reachable assert in Qualcomm Snapdragon media processing allows attackers to cause a denial of service by playing a specially crafted .wma file.

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-2017-18074?

CVE-2017-18074 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, published on 11 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Android before security patch level 2018-04-05 on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MDM9607, MDM9625, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 835, while playing a .wma file with modified media header with non-standard bytes per second parameter value, a reachable assert occurs.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18074?

It affects 23 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9625 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9645 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware and 17 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18074?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18074 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-2017-18074 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18074 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pqgp-q325-jppj.