CVE-2019-2290 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables

High 7.8 Published Updated

A race condition in the camera driver allows attackers to trigger a use-after-free, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation on 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-2019-2290?

CVE-2019-2290 is a high-severity use after free 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

Multiple open and close from multiple threads will lead camera driver to access destroyed session data pointer in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS605, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 625, SD 636, SD 650/52, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2290?

It affects 28 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware and 22 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2290?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2290 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-2019-2290 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8r7x-5h24-w5cx.

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