Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon Products
CVE-2016-10490

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Qualcomm
Status
Mdm9206 Firmware
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 April 2018

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in various Qualcomm Snapdragon products due to improper handling of signed integers in the qurt_qdi_state_local_new_handle_from_obj function. If a negative value is passed as an argument, a typecasting occurs, leading to memory corruption and potential unauthorized access. This issue affects multiple Snapdragon versions across automobile, mobile, and wear devices prior to the April 2018 security patches.

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103671
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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