Memory corruption via unchecked audio buffer copy
Published Nov 7, 2023 · Updated Aug 2, 2024
A buffer overflow in Qualcomm Snapdragon audio processing allows local users to corrupt memory while processing audio effects. The closed-source audio component copies an input buffer without checking that the destination is large enough, so excess audio-effect data overwrites adjacent memory. The path requires high local privileges; Qualcomm has not disclosed whether successful exploitation produces a crash, code execution, or another concrete outcome.
Summary
What happened
A buffer overflow in Qualcomm Snapdragon audio processing allows local users to corrupt memory while processing audio effects. The closed-source audio component copies an input buffer without checking that the destination is large enough, so excess audio-effect data overwrites adjacent memory. The path requires high local privileges; Qualcomm has not disclosed whether successful exploitation produces a crash, code execution, or another concrete outcome.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-28570
- Published
- Nov 7, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vendor
- Qualcomm
- Product
- Snapdragon
- Classifications
- CWE-120
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 7, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 429 Mobile Platform
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 820 Automotive Platform
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 835 Mobile PC Platform
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 855+/860 Mobile Platform (SM8150-AC)
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 865 5G Mobile Platform
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 865+ 5G Mobile Platform (SM8250-AB)
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 870 5G Mobile Platform (SM8250-AC)
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 Wearable Platform
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon Wear 4100+ Platform
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon X75 5G Modem-RF System
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