CVE-2020-11260 Use after free in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile
Attackers can exploit improper memory handling in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-11260?
CVE-2020-11260 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8017 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
An improper free of uninitialized memory can occur in DIAG services in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile
Weakness: CWE-908
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11260?
It affects 236 products.
Products include Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8917 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8953 Firmware, Qualcomm Pm215 Firmware and 230 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11260?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11260 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2020-11260 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11260 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware
- CVE-2025-21483 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Data Network Stack & Connectivity
- CVE-2021-1933 Denial of service in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2021-1946 Null dereference in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile
- CVE-2020-11176 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile
- CVE-2020-11291 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile
Sources
Also known as GHSA-436w-wv2w-q46v.