Local buffer overflow via negative write length
Published Oct 20, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Integer overflow in the VR service on Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms allows local users to trigger a buffer overflow via write requests. The service fails to reject a negative data length when processing a write request, allowing the value to drive an integer overflow and subsequent buffer overflow. Local access is required, while authentication and user interaction are not; Qualcomm does not disclose the overflow's exact runtime consequence.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in the VR service on Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms allows local users to trigger a buffer overflow via write requests. The service fails to reject a negative data length when processing a write request, allowing the value to drive an integer overflow and subsequent buffer overflow. Local access is required, while authentication and user interaction are not; Qualcomm does not disclose the overflow's exact runtime consequence.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-1983
- Published
- Oct 20, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-120, CWE-680
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 20, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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