# CVE-2020-11185: Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

> Out-of-bounds write in Qualcomm WLAN driver allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via malicious firmware responses.

- **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:** 21 Jan 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** 2658462, A-168050580, ASB-A-168050580, GHSA-68m8-x635-9fjc

## What is CVE-2020-11185?

CVE-2020-11185 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking, 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

Out of bound issue in WLAN driver while processing vdev responses from firmware due to lack of validation of data received from firmware in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11185?

It affects 195 products.


Products: Qualcomm Ar9380, Qualcomm Csr8811, Qualcomm Ipq4018, Qualcomm Ipq4019, Qualcomm Ipq4028, Qualcomm Ipq4029, Qualcomm Ipq6000, Qualcomm Ipq6005, Qualcomm Ipq6010, Qualcomm Ipq6018, Qualcomm Ipq6028, Qualcomm Ipq8064, Qualcomm Ipq8065, Qualcomm Ipq8068, Qualcomm Ipq8070, Qualcomm Ipq8070a, Qualcomm Ipq8071, Qualcomm Ipq8071a, Qualcomm Ipq8072, Qualcomm Ipq8072a and 175 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-11185?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2020-11185 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11185 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-11185 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-11185 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking, 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-2020-11185 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking. 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-2020-11185/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11185/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11185
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11185
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11185

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11185/
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