CVE-2019-10555 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
A buffer overflow in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges due to missing length checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-10555?
CVE-2019-10555 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, published on 12 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow can occur due to usage of wrong datatype and missing length check before copying into buffer in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8017, APQ8053, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, MDM9206, MDM9207C, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909, MSM8909W, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8940, MSM8953, MSM8996AU, MSM8998, Nicobar, QCN7605, QCS405, QCS605, QM215, SDA660, SDA845, SDM429, SDM439, SDM450, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDX20, SDX24, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10555?
It affects 40 products.
Products include Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9207c Firmware and 34 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-10555?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10555 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-2019-10555 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10555 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware
- CVE-2025-21483 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Data Network Stack & Connectivity
- CVE-2021-1933 Denial of service in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2021-1946 Null dereference in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile
- CVE-2020-11176 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile
- CVE-2020-11291 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4wwx-wcpc-49m3.