CVE-2018-11996 describes an out-of-bounds access vulnerability in various Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Mobile, and Wear platforms. This flaw occurs when a malformed command is sent to the device programmer, impacting numerous Snapdragon chipsets including MDM9206, SD 835, and SDX24. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. An attacker with local privileges could potentially execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE. It is not listed on CISA's KEV catalog and has received no media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9206_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9607_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9650_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9655_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8909w_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.