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CVE-2017-14910: In Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon IoT and Snapdragon Mobile MDM9206 MDM9607, MDM9650, S820A, S820Am, SD…
CVE-2017-14910 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.0 base score of 9.8 and NVD lists 21 affected products, including Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability description
In Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon IoT and Snapdragon Mobile MDM9206 MDM9607, MDM9650, S820A, S820Am, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 835, and SD 845, a buffer overread is possible if there are no newlines in an input file.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v3.0 9.8: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
- Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
- Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
- User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
- Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
- Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
- Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.
Underlying weakness
CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Affected products
- Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm S820a Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm S820am Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm SD 210 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm SD 212 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm SD 410 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm SD 425 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm SD 430 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm SD 615 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm SD 415 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm SD 617 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm SD 625 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm SD 650 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD