# CVE-2018-13898: Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music

> An out-of-bounds write in the PMIC allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges on affected Qualcomm Snapdragon devices.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Jun 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gj49-7ff4-x6q2

## What is CVE-2018-13898?

CVE-2018-13898 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, published on 14 Jun 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Out-of-Bounds write due to incorrect array index check in PMIC in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music in MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MDM9655, QCS405, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, SDX24, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, SXR1130

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13898?

It affects 40 products.


Products: Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9655 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Qualcomm 215 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 410 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 412 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 427 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 429 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 430 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 435 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 439 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 450 Firmware and 20 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-13898?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-13898 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-13898 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware

- [CVE-2019-10505](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10505/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-10542](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10542/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-2258](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2258/): 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-2019-2283](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2283/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-2323](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2323/): 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-2018-13898 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-13898 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, published on 14 Jun 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Mdm9150 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-2018-13898/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13898/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13898
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13898
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-13898

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13898/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
