CVE-2019-10540 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

A buffer overflow in the WLAN NAN function allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service 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-2019-10540?

CVE-2019-10540 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Ipq8074 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

Buffer overflow in WLAN NAN function due to lack of check of count value received in NAN availability attribute in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in IPQ8074, MSM8996AU, QCA6174A, QCA6574AU, QCA8081, QCA9377, QCA9379, QCS404, QCS405, QCS605, SD 636, SD 665, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM630, SDM660, SXR1130

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10540?

It affects 27 products.

Products include Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6174a Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6574au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca8081 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca9377 Firmware and 21 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10540?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10540 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-2019-10540 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10540 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-84pg-r97c-2cx7.

Is CVE-2019-10540 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free