CVE-2018-13916 Memory corruption 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
Out-of-bounds memory access in the Qurt kernel allows attackers to potentially 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-2018-13916?
CVE-2018-13916 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 21 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Out-of-bounds memory access in Qurt kernel function when using the identifier to access Qurt kernel buffer to retrieve thread data. 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 APQ8009, APQ8017, APQ8053, APQ8096, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, IPQ8074, MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8905, MSM8909, MSM8909W, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8940, MSM8953, MSM8976, MSM8996, MSM8996AU, MSM8998, Nicobar, QCA8081, QCM2150, QCN7605, QCS404, QCS405, QCS605, QM215, SC8180X, SDA660, SDA845, SDM429, SDM439, SDM450, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDM850, SDX20, SDX55, SM8150, SM8250, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, SXR1130, SXR2130
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13916?
It affects 55 products.
Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware and 49 more.
How do I fix CVE-2018-13916?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-13916 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-2018-13916 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13916 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-rw57-6pw5-77qh.