PT-2020-9531 · Qualcomm · Qualcomm Snapdragon

Published 2020-04-16 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-14116

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Qualcomm Snapdragon versions (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue allows for privilege escalation through the use of an altered debug policy image. This occurs because the XPU, which protects the debug policy regions, is disabled during the crash dump boot flow. This affects various Qualcomm Snapdragon products, including Auto, Compute, Connectivity, Consumer IOT, Industrial IOT, Mobile, Voice & Music, and Wired Infrastructure and Networking, specifically in IPQ6018.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-14116

Affected Products

Qualcomm Snapdragon

References · 2

• https://qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/april-2020-bulletin · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14116 · Security Note