CVE-2019-10494 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
A race condition in camera functions leads to memory corruption and use-after-free, potentially allowing code execution or privilege escalation on Snapdragon devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-10494?
CVE-2019-10494 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 12 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Race condition between the camera functions due to lack of resource lock which will lead to memory corruption and UAF issue in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8009, APQ8017, APQ8053, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, MDM9206, MDM9207C, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909, MSM8909W, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8940, MSM8953, MSM8996AU, MSM8998, Nicobar, QCN7605, QCS405, QCS605, QM215, SDA660, SDA845, SDM429, SDM439, SDM450, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDX20, SDX24, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10494?
It affects 41 products.
Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware and 35 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-10494?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10494 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-2019-10494 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10494 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2021-1906 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Detection of Error Condition Without Action
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-wr5r-rjww-hqwf.