CVE-2018-11999 Denial of service in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Improper input validation in TrustZone allows attackers to cause a denial of service on Qualcomm Snapdragon devices.

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-2018-11999?

CVE-2018-11999 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, published on 18 Jan 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper input validation in trustzone can lead to denial of service in snapdragon automobile, snapdragon mobile and snapdragon wear in versions MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 636, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SDA660, SDM630, SDM660, SDX24

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11999?

It affects 21 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9655 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware and 15 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-11999?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11999 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2018-11999 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11999 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5g7r-fw5f-mf28.

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