Use After Free in Qualcomm Apq8009

CVE-2020-11272

Before enqueuing a frame to the PE queue for further processing, an entry in a hash table can be deleted and using a stale version later can lead to use after free condition in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-11272: held from 0.008 to 0.009.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11272?
CVE-2020-11272 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-02-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-11272?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-11272 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.