What is CVE-2019-10596?

CVE-2019-10596 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Bitra. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-09-08.

How severe is CVE-2019-10596?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-10596 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Qualcomm Bitra

CVE-2019-10596

u'Improper access control can lead signed process to guess pid of other processes and access their address space' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in Bitra, Nicobar, QCS605, QCS610, Rennell, SA6155P, Saipan, SC7180, SC8180X, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDM850, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR1130, SXR2130

Published 2020-09-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

404notf0und/CVE-Flow

References

www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/august-2020-bulletin (Broken Link)
www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/august-2020-security-bullet… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10596?: CVE-2019-10596 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Bitra. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-09-08.
How severe is CVE-2019-10596?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-10596 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.