Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile up to SD 850 font_mgr_qsee_request_service integer underflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear and Snapdragon Automobile. This affects the function font_mgr_qsee_request_service. The manipulation leads to integer underflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-18278. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear and Snapdragon Automobile (Chip Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function font_mgr_qsee_request_service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer underflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-191. The product subtracts one value from another, such that the result is less than the minimum allowable integer value, which produces a value that is not equal to the correct result. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An integer underflow may occur due to lack of check when received data length from font_mgr_qsee_request_service is bigger than the minimal value of the segment header, which may result in a buffer overflow, in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850.

The weakness was released 05/06/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-18278 since 05/18/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (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.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-134409 and VDB-134408. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Integer underflow
CWE: CWE-191 / CWE-189
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

05/18/2018 🔍
05/06/2019 +353 days 🔍
05/07/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/12/2023 +1589 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: qualcomm.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-18278 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-18278
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-134411
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/07/2019 07:11
Updated: 09/12/2023 15:19
Changes: 05/07/2019 07:11 (36), 06/07/2020 09:59 (18), 09/12/2023 15:19 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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