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CVE-2019-10579

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-10579 is a critical buffer over-read vulnerability affecting numerous Qualcomm Snapdragon products across various platforms, including mobile, automotive, and IoT devices. This flaw can be triggered by playing a non-standard video clip, potentially leading to denial of service or information disclosure. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered substantial community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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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:apq8064_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8096au_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0088 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

qualcomm.com / company/product-security/bulletins/january-2020-bulletin
Vendor Advisory