CVE-2019-2246 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile

High 7.8 Published Updated

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.

All Qualcomm Mdm9205 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-448c-jjx7-6xg4.

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