# 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 > Arbitrary buffer write in HEVC/AVC encoding allows attackers to execute code or escalate privileges on affected Qualcomm Snapdragon devices. - **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something - **Fix available:** No - **Published:** 6 Nov 2019 - **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024 - **Also known as:** GHSA-6fgv-79wh-cjgp ## 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 (Out-of-bounds Write) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10495? It affects 36 products. Products: Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Qualcomm 215 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 427 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 429 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 430 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 435 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 439 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 450 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 625 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 632 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 636 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 665 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 670 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 675 Firmware and 16 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. ## Is CVE-2019-10495 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10495 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware - [CVE-2019-2285](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2285/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8) - [CVE-2019-10509](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10509/): Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8) - [CVE-2019-10538](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10538/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8) - [CVE-2019-2255](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2255/): Code injection in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8) - [CVE-2019-2259](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2259/): Denial of service in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2019-10495 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: 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. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10495 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Qualcomm Msm8909w 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-2019-10495/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10495/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10495 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10495 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10495 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10495/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.