CVE-2019-10538
Lack of check of address range received from firmware response allows modem to respond arbitrary...
Lack of check of address range received from firmware response allows modem to respond arbitrary pages into its address range which can compromise HLOS in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS405, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 425, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 665, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 820A, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDA660, SDM439, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Lack of check of address range received from firmware response allows modem to respond arbitrary pages into its address range which can compromise HLOS in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS405, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 425, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 665, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 820A, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDA660, SDM439, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24
- Record
CVE-2019-10538- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Lack of check of address range received from firmware response allows modem to respond arbitrary pages into its address range which can compromise HLOS in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS405, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 425, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 665, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 820A, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDA660, SDM439, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24
- Record
CVE-2019-10538- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-2342 No score
Lack of check of address range received from firmware response allows modem to respond arbitrary pages into its address range which can compromise HLOS in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS405, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 425, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 665, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 820A, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDA660, SDM439, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24
- Record
EUVD-2019-2342- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gwcm-m2f5-36cr
Lack of check of address range received from firmware response allows modem to respond arbitrary...
Lack of check of address range received from firmware response allows modem to respond arbitrary pages into its address range which can compromise HLOS in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS405, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 425, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 665, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 820A, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDA660, SDM439, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24
- Record
GHSA-gwcm-m2f5-36cr- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- qualcomm, inc. snapdragon auto, snapdragon compute, snapdragon consumer iot, snapdragon industrial iot, snapdragon mobile, snapdragon voice & music, snapdragon wearables
- qualcomm msm8909w firmware
- qualcomm msm8996au firmware
- qualcomm qcs405 firmware
- qualcomm qcs605 firmware
- qualcomm 215 firmware
- qualcomm sd 425 firmware
- qualcomm sd 429 firmware
- qualcomm sd 439 firmware
- qualcomm sd 450 firmware
- qualcomm sd 625 firmware
- qualcomm sd 632 firmware
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- qualcomm sd 636 firmware
- qualcomm sd 665 firmware
- qualcomm sd 670 firmware
- qualcomm sd 675 firmware
- qualcomm sd 710 firmware
- qualcomm sd 712 firmware
- qualcomm sd 730 firmware
- qualcomm sd 820a firmware
- qualcomm sd 845 firmware
- qualcomm sd 850 firmware
- qualcomm sd 855 firmware
- qualcomm sda660 firmware
- qualcomm sdm439 firmware
- qualcomm sdm660 firmware
- qualcomm sdx20 firmware
- qualcomm sdx24 firmware
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-10538 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Iot, Snapdragon Industrial Iot, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, published September 30, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.11%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.