CVE-2020-3638 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
Improper page permissions allow unaligned addresses to propagate, leading to improper access control and potential privilege escalation in Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets.
- 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-2020-3638?
CVE-2020-3638 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Kamorta Firmware, published on 2 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
u'An Unaligned address or size can propagate to the database due to improper page permissions and can lead to improper access control' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in Agatti, Bitra, Kamorta, QCA6390, QCS404, QCS610, Rennell, SA515M, SC7180, SC8180X, SDX55, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR2130
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3638?
It affects 16 products.
Products include Qualcomm Agatti Firmware, Qualcomm Bitra Firmware, Qualcomm Kamorta Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6390 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs404 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs610 Firmware and 10 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-3638?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3638 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-2020-3638 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3638 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Kamorta Firmware
- CVE-2020-3654 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2020-3673 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2020-3692 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile
- CVE-2020-3670 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2020-11125 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gphc-cmcq-xr7m.