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

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

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Oct 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h46v-7q2q-82wv

## 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 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18294?

It affects 24 products.


Products: Qualcomm Fsm9055 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 415 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 430 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 450 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 615 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 616 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 625 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 650 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 652 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 820 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 820a Firmware and 4 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.

## Is CVE-2017-18294 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware

- [CVE-2014-10052](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-10052/): Information disclosure in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear, Small Cell SoC (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-9138](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9138/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear, Small Cell SoC (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-9196](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9196/): Privilege escalation in Snapdragon Mobile, Small Cell SoC (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-9224](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9224/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear, Small Cell SoC (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-10412](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10412/): Integer overflow in Small Cell SoC , Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-18294 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Qualcomm Mdm9206 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-2017-18294/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18294/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18294
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18294
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18294

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