# CVE-2018-12013: Auth bypass in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

> Improper authentication in locked memory regions allows unprivileged access to sensitive memory in various Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/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:** 24 May 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p345-jvp6-5qrj

## What is CVE-2018-12013?

CVE-2018-12013 is a high-severity authentication bypass 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

Improper authentication in locked memory region can lead to unprivilged access to the memory 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 636, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM630, SDM660, SXR1130

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12013?

It affects 25 products.


Products: Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9655 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 410 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 412 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 415 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 615 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 616 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 636 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 670 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 710 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 712 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 835 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 845 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 850 Firmware and 5 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-12013?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-12013 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-12013 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12013 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware

- [CVE-2016-10394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10394/): Improper Authentication in Core (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-10522](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10522/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-10528](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10528/): Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-10533](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10533/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-10534](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10534/): Null dereference in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-12013 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-12013 is a high-severity authentication bypass 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12013 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Mdm9206 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-2018-12013/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12013/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12013
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12013
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12013

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12013/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.