CVE-2020-11179 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2020-11179

Arbitrary read and write to kernel addresses by temporarily overwriting...

Vulnerability Description

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

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Qualcomm, Inc.

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Affected Software

Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
Vulnerable Versions:
APQ8009, APQ8009W, APQ8017, APQ8037, APQ8053, APQ8064AU, APQ8096AU, AQT1000, AR8031, AR8035, AR8151, CSRA6620, CSRA6640, CSRB31024, FSM10055, FSM10056, MDM9206, MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8940, MSM8953, MSM8996AU, PM215, PM3003A, PM4125, PM439, PM456, PM6125, PM6150, PM6150A, PM6150L, PM6250, PM6350, PM640A, PM640L, PM640P, PM660, PM660A, PM660L, PM670, PM670A, PM670L, PM7150A, PM7150L, PM7250, PM7250B, PM7350C, PM8004, PM8005, PM8008, PM8009, PM8150, PM8150A, PM8150B, PM8150C, PM8150L, PM8250, PM8350, PM8350B, PM8350BH, PM8350BHS, PM8350C, PM855, PM855A, PM855B, PM855L, PM855P, PM8909, PM8916, PM8937, PM8940, PM8953, PM8996, PM8998, PMC1000H, PMC7180, PMD9607, PMD9655, PME605, PMI632, PMI8937, PMI8952, PMI8994, PMI8996, PMI8998, PMK7350, PMK8001, PMK8002, PMK8003, PMK8350, PMM6155AU, PMM8155AU, PMM8195AU, PMM855AU, PMM8996AU, PMR525, PMR735A, PMR735B, PMW3100, PMX20, PMX24, PMX50, PMX55, QAT3514, QAT3516, QAT3518, QAT3519, QAT3522, QAT3550, QAT3555, QAT5515, QAT5516, QAT ...[truncated*]

Timeline

Official Publish: January 21st, 2021
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.