CVE-2020-11198 Information disclosure in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
Improper memory wiping in Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to recover sensitive key material and log data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-11198?
CVE-2020-11198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, published on 22 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Key material used for TZ diag buffer encryption and other data related to log buffer is not wiped securely due to improper usage of memset in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
Weakness: CWE-212
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11198?
It affects 301 products.
Products include Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8031 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Csr8811 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6620 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6640 Firmware and 295 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11198?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11198 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-11198 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11198 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware
- CVE-2025-21479 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Incorrect Authorization
- CVE-2025-21480 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Incorrect Authorization
- CVE-2023-28562 Buffer Copy Without Checking Size of Input in QESL
- CVE-2022-40514 Buffer copy without checking size of input in WLAN Firmware
- CVE-2022-22096 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xhpg-ggxx-427r.