Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile up to SDX20 Boot out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear (Chip Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Boot. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Insufficient memory allocation in boot due to incorrect size being passed could result in out of bounds access in Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear in version FSM9055, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SDA660 and SDX20

The bug was discovered 09/04/2018. The weakness was shared 10/23/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-18304 since 06/15/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 49 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries 124288, 124289, 124290 and 125857 are related to this item.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/15/2018 🔍
09/04/2018 +81 days 🔍
10/23/2018 +48 days 🔍
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10/24/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/30/2023 +1679 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-18304 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1041432

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/24/2018 06:56
Updated: 05/30/2023 16:27
Changes: 10/24/2018 06:56 (59), 05/03/2020 16:33 (2), 05/30/2023 16:27 (4)
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