# CVE-2018-11938: Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking > Improper input validation in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows buffer overflows, potentially enabling code execution or privilege escalation. - **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:** 25 Feb 2019 - **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024 - **Also known as:** GHSA-gww2-68p9-vcjg ## What is CVE-2018-11938? CVE-2018-11938 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware, published on 25 Feb 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. ### Official description Improper input validation for argument received from HLOS can lead to buffer overflows and unexpected behavior in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in versions IPQ8074, MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCA8081, QCS605, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 650/52, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, SXR1130. Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11938? It affects 45 products. Products: Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca8081 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 12 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 16 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 410 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 415 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 427 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 429 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 430 Firmware and 25 more. ## How do I fix CVE-2018-11938? No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11938 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. ## Is CVE-2018-11938 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11938 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware - [CVE-2019-14134](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14134/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking (critical 9.8) - [CVE-2019-2249](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2249/): Information disclosure in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking (critical 9.8) - [CVE-2019-10539](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10539/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking (critical 9.8) - [CVE-2019-10540](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10540/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking (critical 9.8) - [CVE-2018-13924](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13924/): Integer overflow in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking (critical 9.8) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2018-11938 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2018-11938 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware, published on 25 Feb 2019. 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-2018-11938 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Qualcomm Ipq8074 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-2018-11938/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11938/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11938 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11938 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11938 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11938/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.