CVE-2020-11218 Denial of service in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile

High 7.5 Published 17 Mar 2021 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A lack of data validation in the baseband firmware allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending specific LTE configuration messages.

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-2020-11218?

CVE-2020-11218 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, published on 17 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Denial of service in baseband when NW configures LTE betaOffset-RI-Index due to lack of data validation in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile

Weakness: CWE-617

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11218?

It affects 274 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Csrb31024 Firmware, Qualcomm Fsm10055 Firmware and 268 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11218?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11218 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2020-11218 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11218 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mq3v-8hv9-5p6g.