CVE-2018-3588 Code injection in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

High 7.8 Published Updated

Improper access control in Snapdragon SoCs allows code injection from the host OS into protected GPU and SSC regions.

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-2018-3588?

CVE-2018-3588 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, published on 26 Oct 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

There is improper access control of the SSC and GPU mapped regions which lead to inject code from HLOS in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SDA660.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3588?

It affects 11 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware and 5 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-3588?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3588 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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Is CVE-2018-3588 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3588 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m789-4qgv-8wjh.

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