# CVE-2018-11953: Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

> Out-of-bounds access in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows remote attackers to cause memory corruption via crafted SSID IE length.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 May 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-53g4-q78r-c9wc

## What is CVE-2018-11953?

CVE-2018-11953 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, published on 24 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

While processing ssid IE length from remote AP, possible out-of-bounds access may occur due to crafted ssid IE length in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCA6174A, QCA6574AU, QCA9377, QCA9379, Qualcomm 215, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 632, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 820A, SDM439, SDX20

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11953?

It affects 30 products.


Products: Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6174a Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6574au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca9377 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca9379 Firmware, Qualcomm Qm215 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 415 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 429 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 439 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 450 Firmware and 10 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-11953?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11953 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-11953 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11953 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware

- [CVE-2019-10505](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10505/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-10542](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10542/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-2258](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2258/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-2283](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2283/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-2323](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2323/): Null dereference in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-11953 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-11953 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, published on 24 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11953 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Mdm9150 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-2018-11953/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11953/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11953
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11953
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11953

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11953/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
