CVE-2020-11147 Use after free in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile
A use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon audio modules allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via improper object handling.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-11147?
CVE-2020-11147 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, published on 22 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Use after free issue in audio modules while removing and freeing objects during list iteration due to incorrect usage of macro in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11147?
It affects 203 products.
Products include Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Pm3003a Firmware, Qualcomm Pm456 Firmware, Qualcomm Pm6125 Firmware, Qualcomm Pm6150 Firmware, Qualcomm Pm6150a Firmware and 197 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11147?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11147 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-2020-11147 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11147 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2022-40514 Buffer copy without checking size of input in WLAN Firmware
- CVE-2022-22096 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6vq9-4g76-fwp8.