Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile up to _High_Med_2016 VP9 Decoding out-of-range pointer offset

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear. Affected is an unknown function of the component VP9 Decoding. The manipulation results in use of out-of-range pointer offset. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-11076. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component VP9 Decoding. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use of out-of-range pointer offset vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-823. The product performs pointer arithmetic on a valid pointer, but it uses an offset that can point outside of the intended range of valid memory locations for the resulting pointer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

On some hardware revisions where VP9 decoding is hardware-accelerated, the frame size is not programmed correctly into the decoder hardware which can lead to an invalid memory access by the decoder.

The advisory is available at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-11076 since 07/07/2017. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/10/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Chip Software

Vendor

• Qualcomm

Name

• Snapdragon Automobile
• Snapdragon Mobile
• Snapdragon Wear

Version

• 16
• MSM8909W
• MSM8996AU
• SD 205
• SD 210
• SD 212
• SD 415
• SD 425
• SD 427
• SD 430
• SD 435
• SD 450
• SD 615
• SD 625
• SD 810
• SD 820
• SD 820A
• SD 835
• SD 845
• SDM429
• SDM439
• SDM630
• SDM632
• SDM636
• SDM660
• SDM710
• _High_Med_2016

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.qualcomm.com/

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