CVE-2019-10563 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music

High 7.8 Published 21 Nov 2019 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A buffer over-read in the fast message handler allows attackers to cause denial of service or disclose sensitive information via crafted firmware messages.

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-2019-10563?

CVE-2019-10563 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, published on 21 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer over-read can occur in fast message handler due to improper input validation while processing a message from firmware in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music in APQ8053, APQ8096AU, MSM8996AU, MSM8998, QCN7605, QCS405, QCS605, SDA660, SDM636, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24

Weakness: CWE-20, CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10563?

It affects 12 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8998 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcn7605 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware and 6 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10563?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10563 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-2019-10563 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10563 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mqr6-4hmw-hqmw.