CVE-2018-13906 Security feature bypass in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Critical 9.1 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass HMAC authentication via timing side-channel analysis to forge application messages in Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-13906?

CVE-2018-13906 is a critical vulnerability in Qualcomm Ipq4019 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

The HMAC authenticating the message from QSEE is vulnerable to timing side channel analysis leading to potentially forged application message in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in IPQ4019, IPQ8074, MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCA8081, 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 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 650/52, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, SDX20, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, SXR1130

Weakness: CWE-417, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13906?

It affects 52 products.

Products include Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware and 46 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-13906?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-13906 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-13906 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13906 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fgj8-m692-8rhc.

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