VDB-132968 · CVE-2018-11966 · GCVE-0-2018-11966

Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to SXR1130 IEI in OTA Message input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wearables. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component IEI in OTA Message Handler. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-11966. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wearables (Chip Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component IEI in OTA Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Undefined behavior in UE while processing unknown IEI in OTA message in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS605, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 650/52, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, SDX20, SM7150, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, SXR1130

The weakness was presented 04/04/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-11966 since 06/07/2018. 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 current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 05/25/2020).

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

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.

Productinfo

Type

Chip Software

Vendor

Qualcomm

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Version

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commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.qualcomm.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/07/2018 🔍
04/04/2019 +301 days 🔍
04/05/2019 +1 days 🔍
05/25/2020 +416 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: qualcomm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-11966 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-11966
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-132968
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/05/2019 06:57
Updated: 05/25/2020 16:38
Changes: 04/05/2019 06:57 (56), 05/25/2020 16:38 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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