CVE-2017-18312 — While accessing SafeSwitch services, third party can manipulate a given device a

While accessing SafeSwitch services, third party can manipulate a given device and perform unauthorized operation due to lack of checking of same state transitions in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile in version MSM8996AU, SD 410/12, SD 617, SD 650/52, SD 810, SD 820, SD 8

01What is this vulnerability?

While accessing SafeSwitch services, third party can manipulate a given device and perform unauthorized operation due to lack of checking of same state transitions in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile in version MSM8996AU, SD 410/12, SD 617, SD 650/52, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Qualcomm, Inc.	Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile	MSM8996AU, SD 410/12, SD 617, SD 650/52, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-10-23T13:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T21:20:50.619Z

09References

• source.android.com — https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-09-01#qualcomm-closed-source-c…
• www.qualcomm.com — https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins