CVE-2020-11280 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
Attackers can cause denial of service in Qualcomm Snapdragon devices by sending malformed Fine Timing Measurement frames with reserved bits set.
- 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-2020-11280?
CVE-2020-11280 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
Denial of service while processing fine timing measurement request (FTMR) frame with reserved bits set in the FTM parameter IE due to improper error handling 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-2020-11280?
It affects 412 products.
Products include Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar7420 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8031 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar9380 Firmware, Qualcomm Csr8811 Firmware and 406 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11280?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11280 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-2020-11280 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11280 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware
- CVE-2025-21479 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Incorrect Authorization
- CVE-2025-21480 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Incorrect Authorization
- CVE-2023-28562 Buffer Copy Without Checking Size of Input in QESL
- CVE-2022-40514 Buffer copy without checking size of input in WLAN Firmware
- CVE-2022-22096 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9wj8-jc24-2m5j.