CVE-2019-10491 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
Buffer overflow in ADSP allows attackers to compromise the processor by sending untrusted data, affecting numerous Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets.
- 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-2019-10491?
CVE-2019-10491 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, published on 6 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ADSP can be compromised since it`s a general-purpose CPU processing untrusted data in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in IPQ4019, IPQ8064, IPQ8074, MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS405, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 665, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10491?
It affects 47 products.
Products include Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8064 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware and 41 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-10491?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10491 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-2019-10491 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10491 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware
- CVE-2020-11172 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CVE-2020-11117 Command injection in Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CVE-2014-10045 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear
- CVE-2014-9988 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear
- CVE-2014-9998 In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, and Snapdragon Wear IPQ40
Sources
Also known as GHSA-22vv-j8jc-mq9p.