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

High 7.8 Published 8 Sep 2020 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Attackers can re-provision Keymaster attestation keys after factory reset, bypassing hardware-backed security guarantees in 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-2019-14089?

CVE-2019-14089 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Kamorta 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'Keymaster attestation key and device IDs provisioning which is a one time process is incorrectly allowed to be re-provisioned after a user data erase or a factory reset' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in Kamorta, Nicobar, QCS404, QCS610, Rennell, SA515M, SA6155P, SC7180, SC8180X, SDX55, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR2130

Weakness: CWE-327

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14089?

It affects 15 products.

Products include Qualcomm Kamorta Firmware, Qualcomm Nicobar Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs404 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs610 Firmware, Qualcomm Rennell Firmware, Qualcomm Sa515m Firmware and 9 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-14089?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14089 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-14089 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14089 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Kamorta Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rwf2-mvgx-r834.