CVE-2018-5883 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music

High 7.8 Published 14 Jun 2019 Updated 5 Aug 2024

A buffer overflow in Qualcomm WLAN drivers allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via improper array index validation.

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-2018-5883?

CVE-2018-5883 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, published on 14 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in WLAN driver event handlers due to improper validation of array index in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music in MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8996AU, QCS405, QCS605, SD 636, SD 675, SD 730, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 855, SDA660, SDM630, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24

Weakness: CWE-129

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5883?

It affects 18 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware and 12 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-5883?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5883 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-2018-5883 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5883 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p3pg-2fc6-f6h2.