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
EPSS: 0.003 (23.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
- sparrow-labz/CVE-2020-11179-Adreno-Qualcomm-GPU
- ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- TinyNiko/android_
- kdn111/linux-kernel-exploitation
- khanhdn111/linux-kernel-exploitation
- khanhdz-06/linux-kernel-exploitation
- khanhdz191/linux-kernel-exploitation
- khanhhdz/linux-kernel-exploitation
- khanhhdz06/linux-kernel-exploitation
- khanhnd123/linux-kernel-exploitation
References
- product-security@qualcomm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
- nvd@nist.gov (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.