CVE-2019-10526 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

An out-of-bounds write in the WLAN driver allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges on affected Qualcomm 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-2019-10526?

CVE-2019-10526 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 5 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Out of bound write in WLAN driver due to NULL character not properly placed after SSID name in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music in APQ8009, APQ8017, APQ8053, APQ8096AU, MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9207C, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8940, MSM8953, MSM8996AU, QCA6174A, QCA6574AU, QCA9377, QCA9379, QCN7605, QCS405, QCS605, SC8180X, SDA845, SDM450, SDX20, SDX24, SDX55, SXR1130

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10526?

It affects 30 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware and 24 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10526?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10526 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-2019-10526 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10526 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mq57-ppc7-5g58.

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