CVE-2019-2284 Use after free in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

High 7.0 Published 30 Sep 2019 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A race condition in camera ioctl handling allows attackers to trigger a use-after-free, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation on affected 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-2019-2284?

CVE-2019-2284 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, published on 30 Sep 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Possible use-after-free issue due to a race condition while calling camera ioctl concurrently in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MSM8909W, QCS405, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 425, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 665, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDM439, SDX24

Weakness: CWE-416, CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2284?

It affects 21 products.

Products include Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Qualcomm 215 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 429 Firmware and 15 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2284?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2284 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-2019-2284 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2284 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qhjq-cf34-fhg6.