#VU52806 Reachable Assertion in Qualcomm products - CVE-2020-11273

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Published: 2021-05-03

Vulnerability identifier: #VU52806

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11273

CWE-ID: CWE-617

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vendor: Qualcomm

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion within the Modem component. Histogram type KPI was teardown with the assumption of the existence of histogram binning info and will lead to null pointer access when histogram binning info is missing due to lack of null check.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

CSRB31024: All versions

PM3003A: All versions

PM6150A: All versions

PM6150L: All versions

PM6350: All versions

PM7150A: All versions

PM7150L: All versions

PM7250: All versions

PM7250B: All versions

PM8005: All versions

PM8008: All versions

PM8009: All versions

PM8150A: All versions

PM8150B: All versions

PM8150C: All versions

PM8150L: All versions

PM8250: All versions

PM8350: All versions

PM8350B: All versions

PM8350BH: All versions

PM8350C: All versions

PM855: All versions

PM855B: All versions

PM855L: All versions

PM8998: All versions

PMI8998: All versions

PMK8002: All versions

PMK8003: All versions

PMK8350: All versions

PMR525: All versions

PMR735A: All versions

PMR735B: All versions

PMX24: All versions

PMX55: All versions

PMX60: All versions

QAT3516: All versions

QAT3518: All versions

QAT3519: All versions

QAT3555: All versions

QAT5515: All versions

QAT5516: All versions

QAT5522: All versions

QAT5533: All versions

QAT5568: All versions

QBT2000: All versions

QCA6390: All versions

QCA6391: All versions

QCA6421: All versions

QCA6426: All versions

QCA6431: All versions

QCA6436: All versions

QCA6564AU: All versions

QCA6574A: All versions

QCA6574AU: All versions

QCA6584AU: All versions

QCA6595AU: All versions

QCA6696: All versions

QDM2301: All versions

QDM2305: All versions

QDM2307: All versions

QDM2308: All versions

QDM2310: All versions

QDM3301: All versions

QDM4643: All versions

QDM4650: All versions

QDM5620: All versions

QDM5621: All versions

QDM5650: All versions

QDM5652: All versions

QDM5670: All versions

QDM5671: All versions

QDM5677: All versions

QDM5679: All versions

QET4101: All versions

QET5100: All versions

QET5100M: All versions

QET6100: All versions

QET6110: All versions

QFS2530: All versions

QFS2580: All versions

QFS2608: All versions

QFS2630: All versions

QLN1021AQ: All versions

QLN1031: All versions

QLN1036AQ: All versions

QLN4642: All versions

QLN4650: All versions

QLN5020: All versions

QLN5030: All versions

QLN5040: All versions

QPA2625: All versions

QPA5461: All versions

QPA5580: All versions

QPA5581: All versions

QPA6560: All versions

QPA8673: All versions

QPA8686: All versions

QPA8801: All versions

QPA8802: All versions

QPA8803: All versions

QPA8821: All versions

QPA8842: All versions

QPM4621: All versions

QPM4630: All versions

QPM4640: All versions

QPM4641: All versions

QPM4650: All versions

QPM5620: All versions

QPM5621: All versions

QPM5641: All versions

QPM5657: All versions

QPM5658: All versions

QPM5670: All versions

QPM5677: All versions

QPM5679: All versions

QPM5870: All versions

QPM5875: All versions

QPM6582: All versions

QPM6585: All versions

QPM6621: All versions

QPM6670: All versions

QPM8820: All versions

QPM8830: All versions

QPM8870: All versions

QPM8895: All versions

QSM7250: All versions

QTC800H: All versions

QTC801S: All versions

QTM525: All versions

SA415M: All versions

SD480: All versions

SD6905G: All versions

SD750G: All versions

SD765: All versions

SD765G: All versions

SD768G: All versions

SD845: All versions

SD855: All versions

SD8655G: All versions

SD870: All versions

SD8885G: All versions

SDR735: All versions

SDR735G: All versions

SDR8150: All versions

SDR8250: All versions

SDR845: All versions

SDR865: All versions

SDX55: All versions

SDX55M: All versions

SDXR25G: All versions

SM7250P: All versions

SMB1355: All versions

SMB1380: All versions

SMB1381: All versions

SMB1390: All versions

SMB1395: All versions

SMB1396: All versions

SMB1398: All versions

SMR525: All versions

SMR526: All versions

WCD9340: All versions

WCD9341: All versions

WCD9370: All versions

WCD9375: All versions

WCD9380: All versions

WCD9385: All versions

WCN3988: All versions

WCN3990: All versions

WCN3991: All versions

WCN3998: All versions

WCN6850: All versions

WCN6851: All versions

WCN6855: All versions

WCN6856: All versions

WSA8810: All versions

WSA8815: All versions

WSA8830: All versions

WSA8835: All versions

External links
https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/may-2021-bulletin

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

Latest bulletins with this vulnerability

Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Android

Multiple vulnerabilities in Qualcomm chipsets