CVE-2016-10493: qualcomm, inc. snapdragon automobile, snapdragon mobile, snapdragon wear

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10493 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in qualcomm, inc. snapdragon automobile, snapdragon mobile, snapdragon wear. EPSS estimates a 1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 18-04-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, and Snapdragon Wear MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, and SDX20, NPA routines on the rootPD that handle resource requests remoted over QDI may not validate pointers passed from user space which may result in guest OS memory corruption.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.