CVE-2018-13888 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables

High 7.8 Published Updated

Memory corruption in the RIL daemon allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges on affected 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-2018-13888?

CVE-2018-13888 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, published on 11 Feb 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

There is potential for memory corruption in the RIL daemon due to de reference of memory outside the allocated array length in RIL in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables in versions MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9650, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 636, SD 650/52, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, ZZ_QCS605.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13888?

It affects 32 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware and 26 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-13888?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-13888 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-2018-13888 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13888 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p488-8qx8-6w78.

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