CVE-2020-11261
Actively exploited. CVE-2020-11261 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-12-01) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching 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
- 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.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 76% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2020-11261: Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Improper Input Validation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-12-01
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