# 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. - **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Not needed - **Attackable:** Over the internet - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** No - **Published:** 30 Sep 2019 - **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024 - **Also known as:** GHSA-gwcm-m2f5-36cr ## 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 (Improper Input Validation) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10538? It affects 27 products. Products: Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Qualcomm 215 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 429 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, Qualcomm Sd 710 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 712 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 730 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 820a Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 845 Firmware and 7 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. ## 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](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-2019-2255](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) - [CVE-2017-11088](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11088/): SQL injection in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear (critical 9.8) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2019-10538 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: 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. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10538 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-2019-10538/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10538/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10538 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10538 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10538 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10538/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.