CVE-2019-2293 Use after free in Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

High 7.8 Published 25 Jul 2019 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via improper resource freeing.

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-2019-2293?

CVE-2019-2293 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8909w 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

Pointer dereference while freeing IFE resources due to lack of length check of in port resource. in Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MSM8909W, QCS405, QCS605, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 625, SD 636, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDM630, SDM660, SDX24

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2293?

It affects 21 products.

Products include Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 427 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 430 Firmware and 15 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2293?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2293 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-2019-2293 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2293 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c54h-299w-6cc2.