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
An unprivileged user can achieve code execution by crafting a malicious bitstream, affecting various Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms.
- 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-2019-2256?
CVE-2019-2256 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, published on 14 Jun 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An unprivileged user can craft a bitstream such that the payload encoded in the bitstream gains code execution 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 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
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2256?
It affects 35 products.
Products include Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Qm215 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware and 29 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-2256?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2256 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2019-2256 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2256 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware
- 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
- 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-mfrv-fwwq-96p5.