CVE-2018-11853 Memory corruption in 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 a malformed channel list command.

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-2018-11853?

CVE-2018-11853 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware, published on 26 Oct 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Lack of check on out of range for channels When processing channel list set command will lead to buffer flow in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in version IPQ8074, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, SDA660, SDM429, SDM439, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM710, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11853?

It affects 23 products.

Products include Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 427 Firmware and 17 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-11853?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11853 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-2018-11853 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11853 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4vr9-m32x-692g.

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