CVE-2020-11138 Null dereference in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Critical 9.8 Published 21 Jan 2021 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Attackers can cause system instability via uninitialized pointers during music playback, affecting various Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-11138?

CVE-2020-11138 is a critical vulnerability in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking, published on 21 Jan 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Uninitialized pointers accessed during music play back with incorrect bit stream due to an uninitialized heap memory result in instability in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Weakness: CWE-824

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11138?

It affects 491 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8009, Qualcomm Apq8009w, Qualcomm Apq8017, Qualcomm Apq8030, Qualcomm Apq8037, Qualcomm Apq8052 and 485 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11138?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11138 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-11138 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11138 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m2v4-c38g-6j7w.