CVE-2019-2252 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
A buffer overflow in Qualcomm Snapdragon video decoding allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via a malicious video file.
- 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-2019-2252?
CVE-2019-2252 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, published on 30 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Classic buffer overflow vulnerability while playing the specific video whose Decode picture buffer size is more than 16 in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 665, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, SXR1130
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2252?
It affects 36 products.
Products include Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Qualcomm 215 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware and 30 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-2252?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2252 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-2019-2252 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2252 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware
- CVE-2019-2256 Code injection in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2016-10461 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile
- CVE-2017-18135 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile
- CVE-2017-18142 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile
- CVE-2018-3589 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Mobile
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jc84-xf5h-5r2p.