CVE-2020-3622 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

High 7.8 Published Updated

Attackers can exploit missing NULL termination in shared memory channel names to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to code execution on 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-2020-3622?

CVE-2020-3622 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 8 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

u'Channel name string which has been read from shared memory is potentially subjected to string manipulations but not validated for NULL termination can results into memory corruption' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in APQ8009, APQ8017, APQ8053, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, Bitra, IPQ6018, IPQ8074, Kamorta, MDM9150, MDM9205, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9645, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8905, MSM8909, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8940, MSM8953, MSM8996, MSM8996AU, MSM8998, Nicobar, QCA8081, QCM2150, QCN7605, QCS404, QCS405, QCS605, QCS610, QM215, Rennell, SA415M, SA6155P, Saipan, SC7180, SC8180X, SDA660, SDA845, SDM429, SDM429W, SDM439, SDM450, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDM850, SDX20, SDX24, SDX55, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR1130, SXR2130

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3622?

It affects 130 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8009, Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware and 124 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-3622?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3622 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-2020-3622 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3622 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wxhm-qq5v-rf47.

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