CVE-2020-11308 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

A buffer overflow in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via crafted ASCII strings.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-11308?

CVE-2020-11308 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 17 Mar 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow occurs when trying to convert ASCII string to Unicode string if the actual size is more than required in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music

Weakness: CWE-129

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11308?

It affects 333 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8031 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8151 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6620 Firmware and 327 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11308?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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

Is CVE-2020-11308 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11308 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as 2783331, A-175038288, ASB-A-175038288, GHSA-59gm-4h96-737v.

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