CVE-2020-3696 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

High 7.8 Published Updated

A use-after-free vulnerability in the ipcrtr component allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges on affected 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-2020-3696?

CVE-2020-3696 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 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'Use after free while installing new security rule in ipcrtr as old one is deleted and this rule could still be in use for checking security permission for particular process' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in APQ8009, APQ8017, APQ8053, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, IPQ4019, IPQ6018, IPQ8064, IPQ8074, MDM9206, MDM9207C, MDM9607, MSM8905, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCA4531, QCA6574AU, QCA9531, QCM2150, QCS605, SDM429W, SDX20, SDX24

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3696?

It affects 23 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware and 17 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-3696?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3696 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2020-3696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f266-qj4w-xhj9.

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