CVE-2019-10612 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Critical 9.8 Published 5 Mar 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Stack overflow in UTCB object allows corruption of function pointers, potentially enabling arbitrary code execution on Qualcomm Snapdragon devices.

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-2019-10612?

CVE-2019-10612 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9205 Firmware, published on 5 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

UTCB object has a function pointer called by the reaper to deallocate its memory resources and this address can potentially be corrupted by stack overflow in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in MDM9205, MDM9650, QCS605, SA6155P, SC8180X, SDA845, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDM850, SDX55, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR1130, SXR2130

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10612?

It affects 17 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9205 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Sa6155p Firmware, Qualcomm Sc8180x Firmware, Qualcomm Sda845 Firmware and 11 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10612?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10612 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-2019-10612 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10612 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9205 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-932h-4f26-84hm.