Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile/Snapdragon Wear up to SDA660 Log memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Log Handler. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-5866. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear (Chip Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Log Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

While processing logs, data is copied into a buffer pointed to by an untrusted pointer in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, SDA660.

The bug was discovered 10/01/2018. The weakness was presented 10/26/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-5866 since 01/18/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit 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.

See VDB-120497, VDB-120506, VDB-120507 and VDB-120508 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/18/2018 🔍
10/01/2018 +255 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
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-5866 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-5866
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-126008
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/27/2018 18:32
Updated: 05/03/2020 18:14
Changes: 10/27/2018 18:32 (59), 05/03/2020 18:14 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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