CVE-2019-10495 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

High 7.3 Published Updated

Arbitrary buffer write in HEVC/AVC encoding allows attackers to execute code or escalate privileges 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
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-10495?

CVE-2019-10495 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, published on 6 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Arbitrary buffer write issue while processing sequence header during HEVC or AVC encoding. in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, 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, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, SXR1130

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10495?

It affects 36 products.

Products include Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Qualcomm 215 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware and 30 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10495?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10495 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-2019-10495 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10495 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6fgv-79wh-cjgp.

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