When processing IE set command, buffer overwrite may occur due to lack of input validation of the IE length in Snapdragon Mobile in version
When processing IE set command, buffer overwrite may occur due to lack of input validation of the IE length in Snapdragon Mobile in version SD 835, SD 845, SD 850.
- Published
- Oct 29, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 10th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-119
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Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| qualcomm | sd 835 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_835_firmware |
| qualcomm | sd 835 | cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_835 |
| qualcomm | sd 845 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_845_firmware |
| qualcomm | sd 845 | cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_845 |
| qualcomm | sd 850 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_850_firmware |
| qualcomm | sd 850 | cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:sd_850 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- qualcomm sd 835 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm sd 845 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm sd 850 firmwareall versions
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (qualcomm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Mobile
- SD 835, SD 845, SD 850affected
Same product
qualcomm: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2016-10460In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile SD 835, SD 845, and SD 850, vendor specific opcod39Monitor
- CVE-2018-5870While loading a service image, an untrusted pointer dereference can occur in Snapdragon Mobile in versions SD 835, SDA660, SDX24.31Monitor
- CVE-2018-11884Improper input validation leads to buffer overflow while processing network list offload command in WLAN function in Snapdragon Mobile in ve31Monitor
- CVE-2018-11882Incorrect bound check can lead to potential buffer overwrite in WLAN controller in Snapdragon Mobile in version SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, SDA631Monitor
- CVE-2018-11880Incorrect bound check can lead to potential buffer overwrite in WLAN function in Snapdragon Mobile in version SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, SDA66031Monitor
- CVE-2018-11877When the buffer length passed is very large in WLAN, bounds check could be bypassed leading to potential buffer overwrite in Snapdragon Mobi31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Overflow BuffersCAPEC-100likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer ManipulationCAPEC-123likelihood: High · Very High
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer OverflowCAPEC-14likelihood: Medium · High
- Filter Failure through Buffer OverflowCAPEC-24likelihood: High · High
- MIME ConversionCAPEC-42likelihood: High · High
- Overflow Binary Resource FileCAPEC-44likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer Overflow via Symbolic LinksCAPEC-45likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.