Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile up to Snapdragon_High_Med_2016 QTEE initialization

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A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear and Snapdragon Automobile (Chip Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component QTEE. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a initialization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-665. The product does not initialize or incorrectly initializes a resource, which might leave the resource in an unexpected state when it is accessed or used. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

In QTEE, an incorrect fuse value can be blown in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SDM429, SDM439, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016.

The weakness was shared 05/06/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at qualcomm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-18131 since 02/05/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/07/2020).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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

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Class: Initialization
CWE: CWE-665
ATT&CK: Unknown

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02/05/2018 🔍
05/06/2019 +455 days 🔍
05/07/2019 +1 days 🔍
06/07/2020 +397 days 🔍

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Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: qualcomm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-18131 (🔍)
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Created: 05/07/2019 07:06
Updated: 06/07/2020 09:38
Changes: 05/07/2019 07:06 (57), 06/07/2020 09:38 (1)
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