# CVE-2017-18143: Information disclosure in Snapdragon Mobile

> An attacker can access process dumps on secure Android devices using Qualcomm Snapdragon chips, potentially exposing sensitive memory data.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Apr 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qxf7-7mh5-3w6r

## What is CVE-2017-18143?

CVE-2017-18143 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Sd 845 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 SD 845, SD 850, on a secure device, PD dumps are collected when debugging is not enabled.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18143?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Qualcomm Sd 845 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 850 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-18143?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18143 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-18143 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18143 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Sd 845 Firmware

- [CVE-2017-18134](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18134/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11859](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11859/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-11861](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11861/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-11862](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11862/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-11867](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11867/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-18143 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-18143 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Sd 845 Firmware, published on 11 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18143 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Sd 845 Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18143/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18143/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18143
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18143
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18143

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18143/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.