CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-5839

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Feb 25, 2019 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
6.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Improperly configured memory protection allows read/write access to modem image from HLOS kernel in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile in versions MDM9150, MDM9615, MDM9625, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8996AU, QCS605, SD 636, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM630, SDM660, SDX20, SXR1130.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Snapdragon_auto_firmware Qualcomm - (including) - (including)

Potential Mitigations

References