CVE-2020-11151 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables
A race condition in Qualcomm Snapdragon video drivers allows attackers to trigger a use-after-free, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.
- 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-2020-11151?
CVE-2020-11151 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables, published on 21 Jan 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Race condition occurs while calling user space ioctl from two different threads can results to use after free issue in video in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11151?
It affects 165 products.
Products include Qualcomm Pm3003a, Qualcomm Pm6125, Qualcomm Pm6150, Qualcomm Pm6150a, Qualcomm Pm6150l, Qualcomm Pm6350 and 159 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11151?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11151 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-2020-11151 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11151 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables
Sources
Also known as GHSA-373c-56rw-r5q5.