CVE-2019-10580 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

High 7.8 Published 30 Jul 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Qualcomm kernel allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via a race condition during listener unregistration.

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

What is CVE-2019-10580?

CVE-2019-10580 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, published on 30 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

When kernel thread unregistered listener, Use after free issue happened as the listener client`s private data has been already freed in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9607, MSM8909W, Nicobar, QCM2150, QCS405, QCS605, Saipan, SC8180X, SDM429W, SDX55, SM8150, SM8250, SXR2130

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10580?

It affects 13 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Nicobar Firmware, Qualcomm Qcm2150 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware and 7 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10580?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2019-10580 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10580 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as 2507671, A-147103019, ASB-A-147103019, GHSA-wm6r-c63f-9w6h.