# CVE-2020-11174: Integer overflow in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

> An array index underflow in the Qualcomm ADSP driver allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges on affected Snapdragon devices.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 2 Nov 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** 2636449, A-160605900, ASB-A-160605900, GHSA-j4rg-h6cw-qr4q

## What is CVE-2020-11174?

CVE-2020-11174 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 2 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

u'Array index underflow issue in adsp driver due to improper check of channel id before used as array index.' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in Agatti, APQ8009, APQ8017, APQ8053, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, Bitra, IPQ4019, IPQ5018, IPQ6018, IPQ8064, IPQ8074, Kamorta, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8905, MSM8909W, MSM8953, MSM8996AU, QCA6390, QCA9531, QCM2150, QCS404, QCS405, QCS605, SA415M, SA515M, SA6155P, SA8155P, Saipan, SC8180X, SDA660, SDA845, SDM429, SDM429W, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDX20, SDX24, SDX55, SM6150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR1130, SXR2130

Weakness: CWE-129 (Improper Validation of Array Index)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11174?

It affects 51 products.


Products: Qualcomm Agatti Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware, Qualcomm Bitra Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq5018 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6018 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8064 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware, Qualcomm Kamorta Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8905 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8953 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware and 31 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-11174?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2020-11174 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11174 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware

- [CVE-2020-3654](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3654/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-3673](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3673/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-3692](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3692/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-3670](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3670/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-11125](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11125/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-11174 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-11174 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 2 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11174 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11174/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11174/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11174
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11174
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11174

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11174/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
