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CVE-2018-13906: The HMAC authenticating the message from QSEE is vulnerable to timing side channel analysis leading to…
CVE-2018-13906 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.0 base score of 9.1 and NVD lists 52 affected products, including Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction.
Vulnerability description
The HMAC authenticating the message from QSEE is vulnerable to timing side channel analysis leading to potentially forged application message in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in IPQ4019, IPQ8074, MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCA8081, QCS405, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 650/52, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, SDX20, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, SXR1130
Severity breakdown
CVSS v3.0 9.1: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- 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: None. No effect on availability.
Underlying weakness
CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
Affected products
- Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Mdm9655 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Qca8081 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm 215 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD