CVE-2019-14029 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

High 7.8 Published Updated

A use-after-free in the graphics module 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-2019-14029?

CVE-2019-14029 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 5 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Use-after-free in graphics module due to destroying already queued syncobj in error case in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8009, APQ8053, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, MDM9607, MSM8909W, MSM8953, MSM8996AU, Nicobar, QCS405, QCS605, Rennell, SA6155P, Saipan, SC8180X, SDA660, SDA845, SDM429, SDM429W, SDM439, SDM450, SDM632, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDX24, SDX55, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR1130, SXR2130

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14029?

It affects 33 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware and 27 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-14029?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14029 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-2019-14029 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14029 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-whw6-6g6v-2r34.

Is CVE-2019-14029 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free