CVE-2017-18274 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

High 7.8 Published Updated

A buffer overflow in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via malformed model data.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-18274?

CVE-2017-18274 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, published on 6 May 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

While iterating through the models contained in a fixed-size array in the actData structure, which also stores an incorrect number of models that is greater than the size of the array, a buffer overflow occurs in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835

Weakness: CWE-129

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18274?

It affects 16 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware and 10 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18274?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18274 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-18274 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18274 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c48q-wr36-p874.

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