CVE-2019-2246 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile
A memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to write to arbitrary memory locations, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.
- 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-2019-2246?
CVE-2019-2246 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9205 Firmware, published on 6 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Thread start can cause invalid memory writes to arbitrary memory location since the argument is passed by user to kernel in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile in MDM9205, MDM9640, MSM8996AU, QCA6574, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 425, SD 427, SD 435, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 636, SD 665, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, SDX24, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, SXR1130
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2246?
It affects 33 products.
Products include Qualcomm Mdm9205 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6574 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Qualcomm 215 Firmware and 27 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-2246?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2246 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-2019-2246 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2246 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Mdm9205 Firmware
- CVE-2022-25745 Always Incorrect Control Flow Implementation in MODEM
- CVE-2019-10612 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CVE-2019-2294 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2020-11127 Integer overflow in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CVE-2019-14030 Integer overflow in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
Sources
Also known as GHSA-448c-jjx7-6xg4.