CVE-2020-11278 Denial of service in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

High 7.5 Published 22 Feb 2021 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Attackers can cause denial of service in Qualcomm Snapdragon devices via improper validation in host WMI command handling.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-11278?

CVE-2020-11278 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 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

Possible denial of service while handling host WMI command due to improper validation in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Weakness: CWE-617

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11278?

It affects 377 products.

Products include Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8031 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Csr8811 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6620 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6640 Firmware and 371 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11278?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11278 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2020-11278 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11278 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mw9h-x2gx-jjfr.