CVE-2019-10538 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
A lack of address range validation in firmware allows a malicious modem to corrupt High Level Operating System memory, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.
- 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-2019-10538?
CVE-2019-10538 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, published on 30 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Lack of check of address range received from firmware response allows modem to respond arbitrary pages into its address range which can compromise HLOS in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS405, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 425, 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 820A, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDA660, SDM439, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10538?
It affects 27 products.
Products include Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Qualcomm 215 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware and 21 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-10538?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10538 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-2019-10538 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10538 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- CVE-2017-11088 SQL injection in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gwcm-m2f5-36cr.