CVE-2019-10490 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Xtra daemon shutdown allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service 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-2019-10490?

CVE-2019-10490 is a medium-severity use after free 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

Use after free issue in Xtra daemon shutdown due to static object instance getting freed from a multiple places in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8009, APQ8017, APQ8053, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9207C, MDM9607, MDM9650, MSM8905, MSM8909, MSM8909W, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8939, MSM8940, MSM8953, MSM8996, MSM8996AU, MSM8998, Nicobar, QCS605, SDA660, SDA845, SDM450, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDX20, SDX24, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR2130

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10490?

It affects 38 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware and 32 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10490?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10490 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2019-10490 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10490 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-828v-p89m-mf42.

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