CVE-2020-11116 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Out-of-bounds write in Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via malicious association responses.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-11116?

CVE-2020-11116 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 8 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

u'Possible out of bound write while processing association response received from host due to lack of check of IE length' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8009, APQ8053, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, Bitra, Kamorta, MDM9206, MDM9207C, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8905, MSM8909W, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8940, MSM8953, MSM8996AU, QCA6174A, QCA6574AU, QCA9377, QCA9379, QCM2150, QCN7605, QCS405, QCS605, QCS610, QM215, SA6155P, Saipan, SC8180X, SDA845, SDM429, SDM429W, SDM439, SDM450, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM845, SDX20, SDX55, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR2130

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11116?

It affects 49 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware, Qualcomm Bitra Firmware, Qualcomm Kamorta Firmware and 43 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11116?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-11116 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11116 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as 2575144, 2616225, 2616227, A-155654321, ASB-A-155654321, GHSA-xjqp-g574-g782.

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