What is CVE-2020-11159?

CVE-2020-11159 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2021-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2020-11159?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-11159 known to be exploited?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Qualcomm Apq8009

CVE-2020-11159

Buffer over-read can happen while processing WPA,RSN IE of beacon and response frames if IE length is less than length of frame pointer being accessed in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Ele…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.008 (51.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

TinyNiko/android_

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11159?: CVE-2020-11159 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2021-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-11159?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-11159 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.