Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile up to SD 835 actData Structure array index

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear and Snapdragon Automobile. Affected is an unknown function of the component actData Structure Handler. Such manipulation leads to array index. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-18274. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear and Snapdragon Automobile (Chip Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component actData Structure Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a array index vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-129. The product uses untrusted input when calculating or using an array index, but the product does not validate or incorrectly validates the index to ensure the index references a valid position within the array. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

While iterating through the models contained in a fixed-size array in the actData structure, which also stores an incorrect number of models that is greater than the size of the array, a buffer overflow occurs in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835

The weakness was presented 05/06/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-18274 since 05/18/2018. 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 current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/12/2023).

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

See VDB-134411, VDB-134409, VDB-134406 and VDB-134405 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Chip Software

Vendor

• Qualcomm

Name

• Snapdragon Automobile
• Snapdragon Mobile
• Snapdragon Wear

Version

• MDM9206
• MDM9607
• MDM9650
• SD 205
• SD 210
• SD 212
• SD 425
• SD 430
• SD 450
• SD 617
• SD 625
• SD 650-52
• SD 820
• SD 820A
• SD 835

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.qualcomm.com/

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