CVE-2018-3591

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-1188

Description

In Android before security patch level 2018-04-05 on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9650, MDM9655, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, the default build configuration of deviceprogrammer in BOOT.BF.3.0 enables the flag SKIP_SECBOOT_CHECK_NOT_RECOMMENDED_BY_QUALCOMM which will open up the peek and poke commands to any memory location on the target.

Affected products

Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Mdm9635M Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Mdm9655 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 410 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 412 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 415 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 427 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 430 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 435 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 450 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 615 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 616 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 625 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 650 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 652 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 820 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 835 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 845 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sdm630 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sdm636 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sdm660 Firmware: all versions

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