CVE-2020-11293 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
An out-of-bounds read in the Widevine Trusted Application allows attackers to read sensitive memory or cause a denial of service on Qualcomm Snapdragon devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-11293?
CVE-2020-11293 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8017 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 read can happen in Widevine TA while copying data to buffer from user data due to lack of check of buffer length received in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11293?
It affects 339 products.
Products include Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8037 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8064au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware and 333 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11293?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11293 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-2020-11293 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11293 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware
- CVE-2025-21483 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Data Network Stack & Connectivity
- CVE-2021-1933 Denial of service in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2021-1946 Null dereference in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile
- CVE-2020-11176 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile
- CVE-2020-11291 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x459-cprm-jf5w.