# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Nov 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-22vv-j8jc-mq9p

## 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 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10491?

It affects 47 products.


Products: Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8064 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Qualcomm 215 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd616 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 415 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 427 Firmware and 27 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11172/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11117](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11117/): Command injection in Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-10045](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-10045/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-9988](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9988/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-9998](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9998/): In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, and Snapdragon Wear IPQ40 (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-10491 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10491 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10491/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10491/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10491
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10491
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10491

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10491/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.