CVE-2017-18294 Memory corruption in Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

High 7.8 Published 23 Oct 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

A buffer overread in Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs allows attackers to cause denial of service or disclose information via a malformed ELF file.

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-2017-18294?

CVE-2017-18294 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, published on 23 Oct 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

While reading file class type from ELF header, a buffer overread may happen if the ELF file size is less than the size of ELF64 header size in Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in version FSM9055, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SDA660, SDX20.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18294?

It affects 24 products.

Products include Qualcomm Fsm9055 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware and 18 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18294?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18294 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-2017-18294 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h46v-7q2q-82wv.