CVE-2019-2338 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
Crafted images allow reading/writing secure world memory, enabling code execution and privilege escalation on 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-2019-2338?
CVE-2019-2338 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9205 Firmware, published on 12 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Crafted image that has a valid signature from a non-QC entity can be loaded which can read/write memory that belongs to the secure world in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in MDM9205, MSM8998, QCS404, QCS605, SDA660, SDA845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDM850, SDX24, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SXR1130, SXR2130
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2338?
It affects 19 products.
Products include Qualcomm Mdm9205 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8998 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs404 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware, Qualcomm Sda660 Firmware, Qualcomm Sda845 Firmware and 13 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-2338?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2338 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-2019-2338 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2338 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Mdm9205 Firmware
- CVE-2022-25745 Always Incorrect Control Flow Implementation in MODEM
- CVE-2019-10612 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CVE-2019-2294 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2020-11127 Integer overflow in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CVE-2019-14030 Integer overflow in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gv39-q8v4-8v4w.