CVE-2020-11186 — Modem will enter into busy mode in an infinite loop while parsing histogram dime

Modem will enter into busy mode in an infinite loop while parsing histogram dimension due to improper validation of input received in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile

01What is this vulnerability?

Modem will enter into busy mode in an infinite loop while parsing histogram dimension due to improper validation of input received in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Qualcomm, Inc.	Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile	CSRB31024, PM3003A, PM7150A, PM7150L, PM7250, PM7250B, PM8008, PM8009, PM8150A, PM8150B, PM8150C, PM8150L, PM8250, PMK8002, PMR525, PMX24, PMX55, QAT3516, QAT3518, QAT3519, QAT3555, QAT5515, QAT5522, QAT5533, QBT2000, QCA6390, QCA6391, QCA6421, QCA6426, QCA6431, QCA6436, QCA6564AU, QCA6574A, QCA6574AU, QCA6584AU, QCA6595AU, QCA6696, QCA8337, QDM2301, QDM2305, QDM3301, QDM5620, QDM5621, QDM5650, QDM5652, QDM5670, QDM5671, QDM5677, QDM5679, QET4101, QET5100, QET6110, QFS2530, QFS2580, QLN1021AQ, QLN1031, QLN1036AQ, QLN4642, QLN4650, QLN5020, QLN5030, QLN5040, QPA2625, QPA5580, QPA6560, QPA8673, QPA8686, QPA8801, QPA8802, QPA8803, QPA8821, QPA8842, QPM5621, QPM5658, QPM5670, QPM5677, QPM5679, QPM6582, QPM6585, QPM8830, QPM8895, QTC800H, QTC801S, QTM525, QTM527, SA2150P, SA415M, SA515M, SD765, SD765G, SD768G, SD865 5G, SD870, SDR8150, SDR8250, SDR865, SDX55, SDX55M, SDXR2 5G, SM7250P, SMB1355, SMB1381, SMB1390, SMR525, SMR526, WCD9341, WCD9360, WCD9380, WCD9385, WCN3991, WCN3998, WSA8810, WSA8815

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: 2021-03-17T06:00:50.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T11:28:13.380Z

09References

• www.qualcomm.com — https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/march-2021-bulletin