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CVE-2020-11261: Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2020-11261
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Memory corruption due to improper check to return error when user application requests memory allocation of a huge size in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

CSIRTS triage

vendor: QualcommMemory corruption
What
Improper input validation can lead to memory corruption in multiple Snapdragon chipsets.
Who is affected
Users of affected Snapdragon chipsets including Auto, Compute, Connectivity, Consumer IOT, Industrial IOT, Mobile, Voice & Music, and Wearables.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Apply firmware updates provided by Qualcomm.

AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.

Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2021-12-01
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11261

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2020-11261coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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