CVE-2019-2260 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

High 7.0 Published Updated

A race condition in perf-event processing leads to a use-after-free, potentially allowing code execution or privilege escalation on affected Qualcomm 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-2019-2260?

CVE-2019-2260 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, published on 22 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A race condition occurs while processing perf-event which can lead to a use after free condition in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, QCS405, 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 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, SXR1130

Weakness: CWE-416, CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2260?

It affects 39 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware and 33 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2260?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2260 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2019-2260 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2260 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8fwr-97hc-2rcg.

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