Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile up to SDX20 Secure Boot memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear (Chip Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Secure Boot. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

During secure boot, addition is performed on uint8 ptrs which led to overflow issue in Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in version FSM9055, IPQ4019, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9625, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, SDA660, SDX20

The bug was discovered 10/01/2018. The weakness was shared 10/26/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-18124 since 02/04/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

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

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries 120497, 120506, 120507 and 120508 are related to this item.

Productinfo

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Chip Software

Vendor

Qualcomm

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commercial

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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02/04/2018 🔍
10/01/2018 +238 days 🔍
10/26/2018 +24 days 🔍
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10/27/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/03/2020 +554 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: qualcomm.com
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CVE: CVE-2017-18124 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/27/2018 18:15
Updated: 05/03/2020 16:44
Changes: 10/27/2018 18:15 (59), 05/03/2020 16:44 (2)
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