What is CVE-2020-11179?

CVE-2020-11179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2021-01-21.

How severe is CVE-2020-11179?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-11179 known to be exploited?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Qualcomm Apq8009

CVE-2020-11179

Arbitrary read and write to kernel addresses by temporarily overwriting ring buffer pointer and creating a race condition. in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2021-01-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11179?: CVE-2020-11179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2021-01-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-11179?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-11179 known to be exploited?: 17 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.