CVE-2019-10481 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

High 7.8 Published Updated

Out-of-bounds access in WLAN firmware allows attackers to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to code execution or denial of service on affected Qualcomm 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-2019-10481?

CVE-2019-10481 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8096au 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 access occurs while handling the WMI FW event due to lack of check of buffer argument which comes directly from the WLAN FW in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in APQ8096AU, IPQ4019, IPQ8064, IPQ8074, MDM9607, MSM8996AU, QCA6574AU, QCA8081, QCN7605, SDX55, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150

Weakness: CWE-129

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10481?

It affects 13 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8064 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware and 7 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10481?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10481 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-2019-10481 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10481 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x94f-c3w2-hwp6.

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