CVE-2019-10602 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables

High 7.8 Published 21 Jan 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A use-after-free vulnerability in the display hardware composer allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges on affected Qualcomm Snapdragon devices.

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-2019-10602?

CVE-2019-10602 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, published on 21 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Potential use-after-free heap error during Validate/Present calls on display HW composer in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8053, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, MDM9206, MDM9207C, MDM9607, MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8940, MSM8953, MSM8996AU, QCS605, SDA660, SDM845, SDX20, SM8150

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10602?

It affects 19 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9207c Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware and 13 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10602?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10602 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-2019-10602 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10602 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jfrx-jr32-9rx5.