# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Dec 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vcm6-ffv6-9qqw

## 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 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11980?

It affects 29 products.


Products: Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8064 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9207c Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8937 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8998 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6174a Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6574au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca9377 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca9379 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcn7605 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Sdm630 Firmware and 9 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1905/): Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-11261](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11261/): Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Improper Input Validation (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-1906](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1906/): Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Detection of Error Condition Without Action (medium 6.2, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-40510](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40510/): Buffer copy without checking size of input in Audio. (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-22088](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22088/): Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow in Bluetooth HOST (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-11980 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Apq8009 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-2018-11980/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11980/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11980
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11980
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11980

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11980/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.