What is CVE-2019-14116?

CVE-2019-14116 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Ipq6018, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-14116?

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

Auth bypass in Qualcomm Ipq6018

CVE-2019-14116

Privilege escalation by using an altered debug policy image can occur as the XPU protecting the debug policy regions are disabled during the crash dump boot flow in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in IPQ6018

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.002 (9.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

product-security@qualcomm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14116?: CVE-2019-14116 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Ipq6018, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-14116?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.