CVE-2018-12012 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

High 7.8 Published 24 May 2019 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Attackers can compromise boot-up via unvalidated shared memory updates in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware, requiring firmware patches.

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-2018-12012?

CVE-2018-12012 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 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

While updating blacklisting region shared buffered memory region is not validated against newly updated black list, causing boot-up to be compromised in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MDM9655, QCS605, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 8CX, SXR1130

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12012?

It affects 21 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9655 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware and 15 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12012?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-12012 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-2018-12012 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12012 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3257-p659-fg38.