CVE-2019-14017 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Heap buffer overflow in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via malicious MKV files.

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-2019-14017?

CVE-2019-14017 is a critical memory corruption 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

Heap buffer overflow can occur while parsing invalid MKV clip which is not standard and have invalid vorbis codec data in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8009, APQ8017, APQ8053, APQ8064, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, MDM9206, MDM9207C, MDM9607, MSM8905, MSM8909, MSM8909W, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8939, MSM8940, MSM8953, MSM8996, MSM8996AU, MSM8998, Nicobar, QCS605, QM215, Rennell, SA6155P, SDA660, SDA845, SDM429, SDM429W, SDM439, SDM450, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDX20, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR1130, SXR2130

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14017?

It affects 46 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8064 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware and 40 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-14017?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14017 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-2019-14017 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14017 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xf6r-phj6-qr64.

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