CVE-2019-10628 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

High 7.8 Published 8 Sep 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs allows user-space applications to corrupt kernel TLB entries, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.

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-2019-10628?

CVE-2019-10628 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware, published on 8 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

u'Memory can be potentially corrupted if random index is allowed to manipulate TLB entries in Kernel from user library' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in APQ8098, Bitra, MDM9205, MDM9650, MSM8998, Nicobar, QCA6390, QCN7605, QCS404, QCS405, QCS605, QCS610, Rennell, SA415M, SA6155P, Saipan, SC7180, SC8180X, SDA660, SDA845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDM850, SDX20, SDX24, SDX55, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR1130, SXR2130

Weakness: CWE-129

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10628?

It affects 36 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware, Qualcomm Bitra Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9205 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8998 Firmware, Qualcomm Nicobar Firmware and 30 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10628?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10628 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-2019-10628 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10628 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jf57-f8jq-wjg2.