CVE-2019-2279 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Invalid shared memory updates allow out-of-bounds access, potentially enabling code execution or privilege escalation on affected Qualcomm Snapdragon devices.

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-2019-2279?

CVE-2019-2279 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, published on 22 Jul 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Shared memory gets updated with invalid data and may lead to access beyond the allocated memory. in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9150, MDM9607, MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCA6574AU, QCS405, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 665, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2279?

It affects 38 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6574au Firmware and 32 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2279?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2279 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-2019-2279 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2279 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qxp7-fm6g-7j93.

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