CVE-2019-10581 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

A use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon audio drivers allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.

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-2019-10581?

CVE-2019-10581 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 21 Jan 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NULL is assigned to local instance of audio device pointer after free instead of global static pointer and can lead to use after free issue in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8009, APQ8053, MDM9206, MDM9207C, MDM9607, MSM8909W, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8940, MSM8998, Nicobar, QCS605, Rennell, SA6155P, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDX24, SDX55, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR2130

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10581?

It affects 28 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9207c Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware and 22 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10581?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10581 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2019-10581 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10581 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4fpp-pg83-3r3h.

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