CVE-2020-3623 Denial of service in Snapdragon Mobile
A kernel failure in Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile devices can cause a denial of service when specific paths are executed directly.
- 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-2020-3623?
CVE-2020-3623 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Qualcomm Sm8250 Firmware, published on 2 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
kernel failure due to load failures while running v1 path directly via kernel in Snapdragon Mobile in SM8250, SXR2130
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3623?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Qualcomm Sm8250 Firmware, Qualcomm Sxr2130 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-3623?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3623 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-2020-3623 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3623 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Sm8250 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vwm8-h928-jm7g.