CVE-2019-10480 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

High 7.8 Published Updated

Out-of-bounds write in WMI firmware event handler allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via malicious WLAN firmware data.

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-2019-10480?

CVE-2019-10480 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 18 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Out of bound write can happen in WMI firmware event handler due to lack of validation of data received from WLAN firmware in Snapdragon Auto, 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, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, IPQ4019, IPQ8064, IPQ8074, MDM9206, MDM9207C, MDM9607, MDM9615, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909, MSM8909W, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8939, MSM8940, MSM8996AU, QCA6174A, QCA6574AU, QCA9377, QCA9379, QCA9980, QCN7605, QCS605, SDA660, SDA845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDX20, SDX24, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SXR1130

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10480?

It affects 43 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware and 37 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10480?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10480 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-2019-10480 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10480 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v2g8-cpw8-4hv6.

Is CVE-2019-10480 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free