Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto Bitstream memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice , Music and Snapdragon Wearables. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Bitstream Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-2256. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice , Music and Snapdragon Wearables (Chip Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Bitstream Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An unprivileged user can craft a bitstream such that the payload encoded in the bitstream gains code execution in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, 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 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, SXR1130

The weakness was released 06/14/2019 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at qualcomm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-2256 since 12/10/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-120497, VDB-120506, VDB-120507 and VDB-120508. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Chip Software

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• Qualcomm

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• Music
• Snapdragon Auto
• Snapdragon Compute
• Snapdragon Connectivity
• Snapdragon Consumer IOT
• Snapdragon Industrial IOT
• Snapdragon Mobile
• Snapdragon Voice
• Snapdragon Wearables

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.qualcomm.com/

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