CVE-2018-11967 Security feature bypass in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables

High 7.8 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass signature verification in the skel library due to userspace memory allocation, compromising security on various Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms.

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-2018-11967?

CVE-2018-11967 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, published on 24 May 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Signature verification of the skel library could potentially be disabled as the memory region on the remote subsystem in which the library is loaded is allocated from userspace currently in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 650/52, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11967?

It affects 36 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware and 30 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-11967?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11967 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-11967 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11967 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7g69-2x23-vfc6.

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