CVE-2019-2266 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

High 7.8 Published Updated

A double free vulnerability in the Qualcomm kernel camera sensor power sequence handling allows attackers to potentially execute code or escalate privileges.

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-2019-2266?

CVE-2019-2266 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, published on 21 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Possible double free issue in kernel while handling the camera sensor and its sub modules power sequence in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in APQ8053, IPQ4019, IPQ8064, MDM9206, MDM9207C, MDM9607, MSM8909, MSM8909W, Nicobar, QCA9980, QCS405, QCS605, SDM845, SDX24, SM7150, SM8150

Weakness: CWE-415

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2266?

It affects 16 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8064 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9207c Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware and 10 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2266?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2266 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-2019-2266 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2266 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g788-2pq2-2cqh.

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