CVE-2019-14079
Access to the uninitialized variable when the driver tries to unmap the dma buffer of a request...
Access to the uninitialized variable when the driver tries to unmap the dma buffer of a request which was never mapped in the first place leading to kernel failure in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8009, APQ8053, MDM9607, MDM9640, MSM8909W, MSM8953, QCA6574AU, QCS605, SDA845, SDM429, SDM429W, SDM439, SDM450, SDM632, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDX24, SM8150, SXR1130
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Access to the uninitialized variable when the driver tries to unmap the dma buffer of a request which was never mapped in the first place leading to kernel failure in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8009, APQ8053, MDM9607, MDM9640, MSM8909W, MSM8953, QCA6574AU, QCS605, SDA845, SDM429, SDM429W, SDM439, SDM450, SDM632, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDX24, SM8150, SXR1130
- Record
CVE-2019-14079- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Access to the uninitialized variable when the driver tries to unmap the dma buffer of a request which was never mapped in the first place leading to kernel failure in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8009, APQ8053, MDM9607, MDM9640, MSM8909W, MSM8953, QCA6574AU, QCS605, SDA845, SDM429, SDM429W, SDM439, SDM450, SDM632, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDX24, SM8150, SXR1130
- Record
CVE-2019-14079- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-5334 No score
Access to the uninitialized variable when the driver tries to unmap the dma buffer of a request which was never mapped in the first place leading to kernel failure in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8009, APQ8053, MDM9607, MDM9640, MSM8909W, MSM8953, QCA6574AU, QCS605, SDA845, SDM429, SDM429W, SDM439, SDM450, SDM632, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDX24, SM8150, SXR1130
- Record
EUVD-2019-5334- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r5w6-vmvw-3856 No score
Access to the uninitialized variable when the driver tries to unmap the dma buffer of a request...
Access to the uninitialized variable when the driver tries to unmap the dma buffer of a request which was never mapped in the first place leading to kernel failure in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8009, APQ8053, MDM9607, MDM9640, MSM8909W, MSM8953, QCA6574AU, QCS605, SDA845, SDM429, SDM429W, SDM439, SDM450, SDM632, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDX24, SM8150, SXR1130
- Record
GHSA-r5w6-vmvw-3856- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- qualcomm, inc. snapdragon auto, snapdragon compute, snapdragon consumer iot, snapdragon industrial iot, snapdragon mobile, snapdragon wearables
- qualcomm apq8009 firmware
- qualcomm apq8053 firmware
- qualcomm mdm9607 firmware
- qualcomm mdm9640 firmware
- qualcomm msm8909w firmware
- qualcomm msm8953 firmware
- qualcomm qca6574au firmware
- qualcomm qcs605 firmware
- qualcomm sda845 firmware
- qualcomm sdm429 firmware
- qualcomm sdm429w firmware
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | parallelbeings/CVE-2019-14079 | 2020-04-05 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-14079 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Iot, Snapdragon Industrial Iot, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables, published March 5, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.