CVE-2018-11285 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

High 7.8 Published Updated

A buffer over-read in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to cause denial of service or disclose information via a corrupted FLAC file.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-11285?

CVE-2018-11285 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, published on 20 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In Snapdragon (Automobile, Mobile, Wear) in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SDA660, SDM429, SDM439, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM710, SDX20, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, while parsing FLAC file with corrupted picture block, a buffer over-read can occur.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11285?

It affects 32 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Sd205 Firmware and 26 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-11285?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11285 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-2018-11285 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11285 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-63xp-ghp6-pmp9.

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