CVE-2018-11980 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music
A buffer overflow in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via crafted wireless packets.
- 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-2018-11980?
CVE-2018-11980 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 18 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
When a fake broadcast/multicast 11w rmf without mmie received, since no proper length check in wma_process_bip, buffer overflow will happen in both cds_is_mmie_valid and qdf_nbuf_trim_tail in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music in APQ8009, APQ8017, APQ8053, APQ8064, APQ8096AU, MDM9206, MDM9207C, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8937, MSM8996AU, MSM8998, QCA6174A, QCA6574AU, QCA9377, QCA9379, QCN7605, QCS605, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24, SDX55, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SXR1130
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11980?
It affects 29 products.
Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8064 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware and 23 more.
How do I fix CVE-2018-11980?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-11980 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11980 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware
- CVE-2021-1905 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free
- CVE-2020-11261 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Improper Input Validation
- CVE-2021-1906 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Detection of Error Condition Without Action
- CVE-2022-40510 Buffer copy without checking size of input in Audio.
- CVE-2022-22088 Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow in Bluetooth HOST
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vcm6-ffv6-9qqw.