CVE-2018-11942 Information disclosure in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
Uninitialized kernel memory exposure to firmware allows attackers to read sensitive data from Snapdragon devices.
- 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-2018-11942?
CVE-2018-11942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, published on 14 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Failure to initialize the reserved memory which is sent to the firmware might lead to exposure of 1 byte of uninitialized kernel SKB memory to FW in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in IPQ4019, IPQ8064, IPQ8074, MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8996AU, QCS405, QCS605, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 625, SD 636, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDA660, SDM630, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11942?
It affects 33 products.
Products include Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8064 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware and 27 more.
How do I fix CVE-2018-11942?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11942 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-11942 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11942 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware
- CVE-2020-11172 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CVE-2020-11117 Command injection in Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CVE-2014-10045 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear
- CVE-2014-9988 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear
- CVE-2014-9998 In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, and Snapdragon Wear IPQ40
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m7h5-w424-74x3.