CVE-2020-11159 is a critical buffer over-read vulnerability affecting various Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms, including Auto, Mobile, and IoT devices. It arises from improper handling of WPA/RSN IE in beacon and response frames, allowing an attacker to read sensitive memory if the IE length is less than the frame pointer's accessed length. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact and denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8009_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8017_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8053_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8064au_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8076_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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