CVE-2019-14097 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

A buffer overflow in the WLAN parser allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service on affected Qualcomm Snapdragon devices.

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-2019-14097?

CVE-2019-14097 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8096 Firmware, published on 5 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Possible buffer overflow in WLAN Parser due to lack of length check when copying data in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in APQ8096, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, IPQ6018, IPQ8074, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8996AU, MSM8998, Nicobar, QCA6174A, QCA6574, QCA6574AU, QCA6584, QCA6584AU, QCA8081, QCA9377, QCA9379, QCN7605, QCS405, QCS605, Rennell, SA6155P, SC8180X, SDA660, SDA845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDM850, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR1130, SXR2130

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14097?

It affects 40 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8096 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6018 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware and 34 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-14097?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14097 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-2019-14097 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8096 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5x8m-hfm4-97cp.

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