Known exploited vulnerability
CVE-2020-11261
The short answer
CVE-2020-11261 affects Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables and is rated high (CVSS 7.8). CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-12-01: attackers are using it, so patch it first. The vendor has linked a patch.
What it is
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
Severity
7.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploited (CISA KEV)
Yes, since Dec 1, 2021
Federal due date Jun 1, 2022
EPSS, next 30 days
1.5%
Higher than 75% of scored CVEs
How it can be exploited
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Affected products
Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables. NVD's record lists the exact affected versions.
References
- www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/january-2021-bulletin PatchVendor Advisory
- www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/january-2021-bulletin PatchVendor Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11261 US Government Resource
Questions
Is CVE-2020-11261 being exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2020-11261 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-12-01, with a federal remediation due date of 2022-06-01.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11261?
CISA's required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
From NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and OSV.dev, checked . Status on NVD: Analyzed. The description is NVD's text, quoted as published.
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