CVE-2021-1928 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
A buffer over-read in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to read sensitive memory or cause denial of service during eMMC flashing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-1928?
CVE-2021-1928 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 8 Sep 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer over read could occur due to incorrect check of buffer size while flashing emmc devices in Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1928?
It affects 108 products.
Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar9380 Firmware, Qualcomm Csr8811 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq4018 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware and 102 more.
How do I fix CVE-2021-1928?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1928 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-2021-1928 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1928 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware
- CVE-2021-1905 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free
- CVE-2020-11261 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Improper Input Validation
- CVE-2021-1906 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Detection of Error Condition Without Action
- CVE-2022-40510 Buffer copy without checking size of input in Audio.
- CVE-2022-22088 Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow in Bluetooth HOST
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5cq3-xc35-2mw2.