CVE-2019-10553 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

Critical 9.1 Published Updated

Read overflows in Snapdragon firmware authentication decoding allow attackers to execute code or cause denial of service.

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-2019-10553?

CVE-2019-10553 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

Multiple Read overflows due to improper length checks while decoding authentication in Cs domain/RAU Reject and TC cmd in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8009, APQ8017, APQ8053, APQ8096, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, MDM9150, MDM9205, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9615, MDM9625, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8905, MSM8909, MSM8909W, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8940, MSM8953, MSM8996AU, MSM8998, Nicobar, QCM2150, QCS605, QM215, Rennell, SC8180X, SDA660, SDA845, SDM429, SDM429W, SDM439, SDM450, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDM850, SDX20, SDX24, SDX55, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SXR1130

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10553?

It affects 54 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware and 48 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10553?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10553 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-2019-10553 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10553 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p572-p2f7-5jjq.

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