TEE memory corruption via unbounded response logging
Published Sep 5, 2023 · Updated Feb 27, 2025
Classic buffer overflow in Qualcomm Snapdragon Core Platform chipsets allows local users to corrupt TEE memory through response logging. The Core Platform logging path prints a response buffer without first bounding the copy to the destination capacity. Local low-privilege access is required; successful exploitation can disclose or modify protected data or interrupt execution within the affected TEE.
Summary
What happened
Classic buffer overflow in Qualcomm Snapdragon Core Platform chipsets allows local users to corrupt TEE memory through response logging. The Core Platform logging path prints a response buffer without first bounding the copy to the destination capacity. Local low-privilege access is required; successful exploitation can disclose or modify protected data or interrupt execution within the affected TEE.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-21662
- Published
- Sep 5, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Qualcomm
- Product
- Snapdragon
- Classifications
- CWE-120
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 5, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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