CVE-2020-11233 Race condition in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
A race condition in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via improper buffer validation during partition processing.
- 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
What is CVE-2020-11233?
CVE-2020-11233 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 9 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Time-of-check time-of-use race condition While processing partition entries due to newly created buffer was read again from mmc without validation in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11233?
It affects 112 products.
Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8009w Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8076 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware and 106 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11233?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2020-11233 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11233 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware
- CVE-2021-1905 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free
- CVE-2020-11261 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Improper Input Validation
- CVE-2021-1906 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Detection of Error Condition Without Action
- CVE-2022-40510 Buffer copy without checking size of input in Audio.
- CVE-2022-22088 Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow in Bluetooth HOST
Sources
Also known as 2257789, A-170138863, ASB-A-170138863, GHSA-rj5v-43f2-c55m.