CVE-2020-11250 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

High 7.0 Published 9 Jun 2021 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A race condition in Qualcomm Snapdragon device drivers allows attackers to trigger a use-after-free, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.

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-2020-11250?

CVE-2020-11250 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009w 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

Use after free due to race condition when reopening the device driver repeatedly in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Weakness: CWE-416, CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11250?

It affects 360 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8009w Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8031 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware and 354 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11250?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2020-11250 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11250 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8009w Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as 2734543, A-170139097, ASB-A-170139097, GHSA-69fg-3j6f-3w5w.