CVE-2020-11288 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music

High 7.8 Published 7 May 2021 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Out-of-bounds write in PlayReady allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges on affected Qualcomm Snapdragon devices.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-11288?

CVE-2020-11288 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, published on 7 May 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Out of bound write can occur in playready while processing command due to lack of input validation in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11288?

It affects 318 products.

Products include Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8031 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6620 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6640 Firmware, Qualcomm Csrb31024 Firmware and 312 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11288?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11288 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-11288 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11288 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wxg8-cr3q-q5c8.