CVE-2017-18126 Information disclosure in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

High 7.5 Published Updated

Missing randomization in probe request frames allows tracking of user devices, compromising privacy on Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets.

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-2017-18126?

CVE-2017-18126 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 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 MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, QCA6174A, QCA6574, QCA6574AU, QCA6584, QCA6584AU, QCA9377, QCA9379, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, the original mac spoofing feature does not use the following in probe request frames: (a) randomized sequence numbers and (b) randomized source address for cfg80211 scan, vendor scan and pno scan which may affect user privacy.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18126?

It affects 35 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6174a Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6574 Firmware and 29 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18126?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18126 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-18126 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18126 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qcm5-p56h-2gv8.

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