CVE-2020-11220 Race condition in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Medium 6.4 Published 17 Mar 2021 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A time-of-check to time-of-use race condition in storage SCM commands allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges on Qualcomm Snapdragon devices.

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-2020-11220?

CVE-2020-11220 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, published on 17 Mar 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

While processing storage SCM commands there is a time of check or time of use window where a pointer used could be invalid at a specific time while executing the storage SCM call in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Weakness: CWE-367

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11220?

It affects 131 products.

Products include Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Pm4125 Firmware, Qualcomm Pm4250 Firmware, Qualcomm Pm6125 Firmware, Qualcomm Pm6150 Firmware and 125 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11220?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11220 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-11220 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11220 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p7xv-94hw-xx6p.