# CVE-2019-10566: Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music

> A buffer overflow in the Qualcomm Snapdragon WLAN module allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via crafted rate elements.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Nov 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p5j6-9vqg-x2x6

## What is CVE-2019-10566?

CVE-2019-10566 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8017 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 overflow can occur in wlan module if supported rates or extended rates element length is greater than max rate set length in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music in APQ8017, APQ8053, APQ8096AU, MDM9206, MDM9207C, MDM9607, MDM9650, MSM8905, MSM8996AU, Nicobar, QCA6174A, QCA6574AU, QCA9377, QCA9379, QCN7605, QCS405, QCS605, SDA845, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDX20, SM6150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR2130

Weakness: CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10566?

It affects 26 products.


Products: Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9207c Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8905 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Nicobar Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6174a Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6574au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca9377 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca9379 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcn7605 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Sda845 Firmware, Qualcomm Sdm670 Firmware, Qualcomm Sdm710 Firmware and 6 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-10566?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10566 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-10566 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10566 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware

- [CVE-2025-21483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21483/): Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Data Network Stack & Connectivity (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-1933](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1933/): Denial of service in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-1946](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1946/): Null dereference in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11176](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11176/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11291](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11291/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-10566 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-10566 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, published on 21 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10566 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10566/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10566/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10566
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10566
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10566

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