CVE-2019-2250 — Kernel can write to arbitrary memory address passed by user while freeing/stoppi

Kernel can write to arbitrary memory address passed by user while freeing/stopping a thread in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile in QCS605, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SM7150, S

01What is this vulnerability?

Kernel can write to arbitrary memory address passed by user while freeing/stopping a thread in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile in QCS605, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SM7150, SXR1130

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Qualcomm, Inc.	Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile	QCS605, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SM7150, SXR1130

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: 2019-05-24T16:44:17.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T18:42:50.864Z

09References

• www.qualcomm.com — https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins#_CVE-2019-2250