CVE-2018-13899 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables

High 7.8 Published Updated

A use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via crafted messages.

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-2018-13899?

CVE-2018-13899 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9150 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

Processing messages after error may result in user after free memory fault in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MSM8909W, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 425, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24, SM7150

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13899?

It affects 30 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware and 24 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-13899?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-13899 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2018-13899 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13899 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jrvp-wc3r-px99.

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