# CVE-2020-11183: Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

> A buffer overflow in the display service allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges on Qualcomm Snapdragon devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jan 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-35p6-jj8w-qmx6

## What is CVE-2020-11183?

CVE-2020-11183 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, 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

A process can potentially cause a buffer overflow in the display service allowing privilege escalation by executing code as that service in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

Weakness: CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11183?

It affects 151 products.


Products: Qualcomm Apq8009, Qualcomm Apq8009w, Qualcomm Apq8017, Qualcomm Apq8037, Qualcomm Apq8053, Qualcomm Apq8096au, Qualcomm Ar8151, Qualcomm Mdm9206, Qualcomm Mdm9250, Qualcomm Mdm9650, Qualcomm Mdm9655, Qualcomm Msm8909w, Qualcomm Msm8917, Qualcomm Msm8920, Qualcomm Msm8937, Qualcomm Msm8940, Qualcomm Msm8953, Qualcomm Msm8996au, Qualcomm Pm215, Qualcomm Pm439 and 131 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-11183?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11183 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-11183 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11183 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

- [CVE-2020-11283](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11283/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11136](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11136/): 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 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11137](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11137/): Integer overflow 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 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11138](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11138/): Null dereference 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 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11143/): 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 (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-11183 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-11183 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11183 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables. 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-2020-11183/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11183/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11183
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11183
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11183

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11183/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
