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CVE-2018-13924: Lack of check to prevent the buffer length taking negative values can lead to stack overflow. in Snapdragon…
CVE-2018-13924 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.0 base score of 9.8 and NVD lists 56 affected products, including Qualcomm Ipq8074 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
Lack of check to prevent the buffer length taking negative values can lead to stack overflow. in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, 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 IPQ8074, MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9615, MDM9625, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCA6174A, QCA8081, QCS404, QCS405, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, 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 665, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, 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 9.8: 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-787: Out-of-bounds Write
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Affected products
- 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 Mdm9615 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Mdm9625 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 Qca6174a Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Qca8081 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
- Qualcomm Qcs404 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD