CVE-2020-11271 Race condition 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 7.8 Published 22 Feb 2021 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A race condition in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows out-of-bounds access, potentially enabling code execution or denial of service.

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-2020-11271?

CVE-2020-11271 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, published on 22 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Possible out of bounds while accessing global control elements due to race condition 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-129

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11271?

It affects 340 products.

Products include Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8031 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar9380 Firmware, Qualcomm Csr8811 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6620 Firmware and 334 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11271?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2020-11271 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11271 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as 2555096, A-172348954, ASB-A-172348954, GHSA-p8mf-qgvp-6754.