Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto Secure Application Termination null pointer dereference

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A vulnerability has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice , Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Secure Application Termination. Performing a manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-2236. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice , Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking (Chip Software). This affects an unknown part of the component Secure Application Termination. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Null pointer dereference during secure application termination using specific application ids. in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in IPQ8074, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8996AU, QCA8081, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 410/12, 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 730, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, SXR1130

The weakness was released 07/25/2019 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-2236 since 12/10/2018. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-120497, VDB-120506, VDB-120507 and VDB-120508. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Chip Software

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• Qualcomm

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• Music
• Networking
• Snapdragon Auto
• Snapdragon Compute
• Snapdragon Connectivity
• Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity
• Snapdragon Consumer IOT
• Snapdragon Industrial IOT
• Snapdragon Mobile
• Snapdragon Voice
• Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.qualcomm.com/

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