CVE-2019-14091 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music

High 7.8 Published 22 Jun 2020 Updated 5 Aug 2024

A double free vulnerability in the Qualcomm Snapdragon NPU allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via race conditions.

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-2019-14091?

CVE-2019-14091 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, published on 22 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Double free issue in NPU due to lack of resource locking mechanism to avoid race condition in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music in MDM9607, QCS405, Rennell, Saipan, SC8180X, SDX55, SM8150, SM8250, SXR2130

Weakness: CWE-667, CWE-415

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14091?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware, Qualcomm Rennell Firmware, Qualcomm Saipan Firmware, Qualcomm Sc8180x Firmware, Qualcomm Sdx55 Firmware and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-14091?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14091 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-2019-14091 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14091 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3v9c-8rh8-vmj3.