CVE-2019-14042 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
An out-of-bounds read in the fingerprint application allows attackers to read sensitive memory or cause a denial of service on affected Qualcomm 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-2019-14042?
CVE-2019-14042 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Kamorta Firmware, published on 2 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Out of bound read in in fingerprint application due to requested data assigned to a local buffer without length check in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in Kamorta, MDM9205, Nicobar, QCS404, QCS405, QCS605, Rennell, SA415M, SA6155P, SC7180, SC8180X, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDM850, SDX24, SDX55, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR1130, SXR2130
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14042?
It affects 23 products.
Products include Qualcomm Kamorta Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9205 Firmware, Qualcomm Nicobar Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs404 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware and 17 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-14042?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14042 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-2019-14042 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14042 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Kamorta Firmware
- CVE-2019-14056 Integer overflow in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CVE-2019-14089 Security feature bypass in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CVE-2020-3636 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CVE-2019-14123 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CVE-2019-14124 Null dereference in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7jcc-rg43-xfpv.