CVE-2020-11170 Memory corruption 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
Out-of-bounds memory access in Snapdragon chipsets allows attackers to execute code or cause denial of service via crafted Vorbis audio files.
- 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-2020-11170?
CVE-2020-11170 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 22 Feb 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Out of bound memory access while playing music playbacks with crafted vorbis content due to improper checks in header extraction 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-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11170?
It affects 505 products.
Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8009w Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8030 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8037 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8052 Firmware and 499 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11170?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11170 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-2020-11170 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11170 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware
- CVE-2021-1905 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free
- CVE-2020-11261 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Improper Input Validation
- CVE-2021-1906 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Detection of Error Condition Without Action
- CVE-2022-40510 Buffer copy without checking size of input in Audio.
- CVE-2022-22088 Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow in Bluetooth HOST
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5hmm-wjg3-4m2m.