CVE-2019-14100 Security feature bypass in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music

High 7.8 Published 30 Jul 2020 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Attackers can bypass debugfs write restrictions to modify registers, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation on 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-2019-14100?

CVE-2019-14100 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, published on 30 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Register write via debugfs is disabled by default to prevent register writing via debugfs. in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music in MDM9206, MDM9207C, MDM9607, Nicobar, QCS405, SA6155P, SC8180X, SDX55, SM8150

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14100?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9207c Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Nicobar Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware, Qualcomm Sa6155p Firmware and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-14100?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14100 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-14100 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14100 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v7x5-v6p6-2wvj.