CVE-2020-11165 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

High 7.8 Published 9 Jun 2021 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A buffer overflow in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via malformed messages.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-11165?

CVE-2020-11165 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, published on 9 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory corruption due to buffer overflow while copying the message provided by HLOS into buffer without validating the length of buffer in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11165?

It affects 255 products.

Products include Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Pm3003a Firmware, Qualcomm Pm4125 Firmware, Qualcomm Pm456 Firmware, Qualcomm Pm6125 Firmware and 249 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11165?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11165 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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

Is CVE-2020-11165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hv8h-j8f9-3rg8.