CVE-2019-10542 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

A buffer over-read in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to cause denial of service or disclose information via a corrupted firmware file.

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-2019-10542?

CVE-2019-10542 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, published on 6 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer over-read may occur when downloading a corrupted firmware file that has chunk length in header which doesn`t match the contents in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music in MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9615, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8996AU, QCA6174A, QCA6574AU, QCA9377, QCA9379, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 600, SD 625, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 845 / SD 850, SDX20

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10542?

It affects 29 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9615 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware and 23 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10542?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10542 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-2019-10542 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10542 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5hmw-95mp-p6wq.

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