CVE-2018-11971 Information disclosure in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile,

Medium 5.5 Published 4 Apr 2019 Updated 5 Aug 2024

An attacker can leak secure assets by undermining access control policies via interrupt exit code flow in Qualcomm Snapdragon processors.

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-2018-11971?

CVE-2018-11971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, published on 4 Apr 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Interrupt exit code flow may undermine access control policy set forth by secure world can lead to potential secure asset leakage in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, in MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MDM9655, QCS605, SD 410/12, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 636, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM630, SDM660, SXR1130

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11971?

It affects 21 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9655 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 410 Firmware and 15 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-11971?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11971 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-11971 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11971 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q94q-jv5q-mqxw.