CVE-2019-2250 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile

High 7.8 Published 24 May 2019 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A kernel vulnerability allows attackers to write to arbitrary memory addresses during thread operations, potentially enabling code execution or privilege escalation on 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-2019-2250?

CVE-2019-2250 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, published on 24 May 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Kernel can write to arbitrary memory address passed by user while freeing/stopping a thread in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile in QCS605, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SM7150, SXR1130

Weakness: CWE-20, CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2250?

It affects 12 products.

Products include Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 670 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 675 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 710 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 712 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 835 Firmware and 6 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2250?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2250 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-2019-2250 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2250 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h248-f9g9-r4hw.