CVE-2020-11120 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
A use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via a race condition in the event loop.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-11120?
CVE-2020-11120 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, published on 8 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
u'Calling thread may free the data buffer pointer that was passed to the callback and later when event loop executes the callback, data buffer may not be valid and will lead to use after free scenario' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8096AU, APQ8098, Bitra, Kamorta, MSM8917, MSM8953, MSM8998, QCM2150, QCS405, QCS605, QM215, Rennell, Saipan, SDM429, SDM439, SDM450, SDM632, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR2130
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11120?
It affects 22 products.
Products include Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware, Qualcomm Bitra Firmware, Qualcomm Kamorta Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8917 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8953 Firmware and 16 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11120?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2020-11120 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11120 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware
- CVE-2019-14045 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Mobile
- CVE-2017-14911 Auth bypass in Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Automobile
- CVE-2020-11126 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CVE-2022-33243 Improper access control in Qualcomm IPC
- CVE-2022-22063 Memory corruption in Core
Sources
Also known as 2556613, A-155652795, ASB-A-155652795, GHSA-mp5p-8378-g7pw.