CVE-2017-18299 Denial of service in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Improper translation table consolidation in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware causes resource exhaustion and QSEE errors, leading to denial of service.

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-2017-18299?

CVE-2017-18299 is a medium-severity denial of service 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

Improper translation table consolidation logic leads to resource exhaustion and QSEE error in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, SDA660

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18299?

It affects 19 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware and 13 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18299?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18299 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-18299 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2493-7x32-c5p8.

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