CVE-2019-10538

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-09-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Lack of check of address range received from firmware response allows modem to respond arbitrary pages into its address range which can compromise HLOS in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS405, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 425, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 665, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 820A, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDA660, SDM439, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24

Affected products

Qualcomm Msm8909W Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Msm8996Au Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qcs605 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm 215 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 429 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 439 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 450 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 625 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 632 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 636 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 665 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 670 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 675 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 710 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 712 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 730 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 820A Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 845 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 850 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 855 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sda660 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sdm439 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sdm660 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sdx20 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sdx24 Firmware: all versions

References

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