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CVE-2018-3589: In Android before security patch level 2018-04-05 on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile MDM9650, MDM9655, SD 835, SD…

CVE-2018-3589 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.0 base score of 9.8 and NVD lists 5 affected products, including Qualcomm Mdm9650 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 Android before security patch level 2018-04-05 on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile MDM9650, MDM9655, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, the vswr capture size is larger than the maximum size of a diag logPacket, which can lead to a buffer overflow when the sample buffer is copied to the logPacket buffer.

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-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.

Affected products

  • Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm Mdm9655 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 835 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 845 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 850 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD

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