CVE-2020-3648 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

High 7.8 Published 8 Sep 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Out-of-bounds write in Qualcomm Snapdragon DSP driver allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via crafted user data.

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-2020-3648?

CVE-2020-3648 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8909w 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'Possible out of bound write in DSP driver code due to lack of check of data received from user' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MSM8909W

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3648?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-3648?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3648 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-2020-3648 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3648 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vxw3-96f4-67xp.