CVE-2020-11272 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
A use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via race conditions in frame processing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-11272?
CVE-2020-11272 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 22 Feb 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Before enqueuing a frame to the PE queue for further processing, an entry in a hash table can be deleted and using a stale version later can lead to use after free condition in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11272?
It affects 348 products.
Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8009w Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8076 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware and 342 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11272?
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-2020-11272 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11272 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 2598841, 2771345, A-172348733, ASB-A-172348733, GHSA-r398-3hpm-rw83.