Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile up to SD 835 resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2017-18277. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear (Chip Software). Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

When dynamic memory allocation fails, currently the process sleeps for one second and continues with infinite loop without retrying for memory allocation in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, QCN5502, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 600, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835.

The bug was discovered 07/02/2018. The weakness was released 10/23/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-18277 since 05/18/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 113 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-124324, VDB-125853, VDB-125854 and VDB-125855. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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05/18/2018 🔍
07/02/2018 +45 days 🔍
10/23/2018 +112 days 🔍
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10/24/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/03/2020 +557 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-18277 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-18277
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-125856
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/24/2018 06:50
Updated: 05/03/2020 15:19
Changes: 10/24/2018 06:50 (58), 05/03/2020 15:19 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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