CVE-2019-2272 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

High 7.8 Published Updated

A buffer overflow in the display function allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges 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-2019-2272?

CVE-2019-2272 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, published on 25 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow can occur in display function due to lack of validation of header block size set by user. in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 636, SD 650/52, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820A, SD 845 / SD 850, SDM660, SDX20

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2272?

It affects 28 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware and 22 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2272?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2272 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-2019-2272 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2272 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-87mm-67xr-xmhx.

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