Improper access control

An issue was discovered on Zyxel GS1900 devices with firmware before 2.50AAHH.0C0. Through an undocumented sequence of keypresses, undocumented functionality is triggered. A diagnostics shell is triggered via CTRL-ALT-t, which prompts for the password returned by fdssyspassDebugPasswdret. The...

CVE-2019-10531

Incorrect reading of system image resulting in buffer overflow when size of system image is increased in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9607, MSM8909W, Qualcomm 215, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SDM439...

Null pointer dereference

Null-pointer dereference can occur while accessing the super index entry when it is not been allocated in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9206, MDM9607, MSM8909W,...

CVE-2019-10534

CVE-2019-10534 describes a null-pointer dereference that can occur when accessing the super index entry before it has been allocated in a wide range of Qualcomm Snapdragon products (Auto, Compute, Consumer IoT, Industrial IoT, Mobile, Voice & Music, Wearables) across numerous SDM/SDX/SD component...

Planting Tiny Spy Chips in Hardware Can Cost as Little as $200

A new proof-of-concept hardware implant shows how easy it may be to hide malicious chips inside IT equipment...

Google October Android Security Update Fixes Critical RCE Flaws

UPDATE Google has released fixes for three critical-severity vulnerabilities in the Media framework of its Android operating system, which if exploited could allow a remote attacker to execute code. The remote code execution RCE flaws are part of Google’s October 2019 Android Security Bulletin,...

CVE-2019-10498

Buffer overflow scenario if the client sends more than 5 iovec requests to the server in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640...

CVE-2019-10507

Lack of check of extscan change results received from firmware can lead to an out of buffer read in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music in MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640,...

Another Side Channel in Intel Chips

Not that serious, but interesting: In late 2011, Intel introduced a performance enhancement to its line of server processors that allowed network cards and other peripherals to connect directly to a CPU's last-level cache, rather than following the standard and significantly longer path through t...

CVE-2019-2299

An out-of-bound write can be triggered by a specially-crafted command supplied by a userspace application. in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired...

CVE-2019-2235

Buffer overflow occurs when emulated RPMB is used due to sector size assumptions in the TA rollback protection logic. in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobil...

Information disclosure

A non-time constant function memcmp is used which creates a side channel that could leak information in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile...

CVE-2018-13909

Metadata verification and partial hash system calls by bootloader may corrupt parallel hashing state in progress resulting in unexpected behavior in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon...

Amazon, Apple, Google & Microsoft issue patches to fix ZombieLoad bug

By Uzair Amir Computers containing Intel chips from 2011 onwards are vulnerable to ZombieLoad bug. Intel processor chips have lately been accused of being flawed and unreliable in ensuring optimal computer performance and the current news further reinforces the fact that Intel needs to up its gam...

Apple Patches Intel Side-Channel Bugs; Updates iOS, macOS and More

Apple has rolled out 173 patches across in various products across its hardware portfolio, including for dangerous bugs in macOS for laptops and desktops, iPhone, Apple TV and Apple Watch. The update also includes a patch for the side-channel vulnerabilities in Intel chips disclosed on Tuesday,...

Race condition

While processing camera buffers in camera driver, a use after free condition can occur in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 625, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SDX20...

FortiAP Bleeding Bit Vulnerability

Some FortiAP models are vulnerable to the Bleeding Bit Vulnerability CVE-2018-16986 present in the Texas Instruments WiFi chips...

CVE-2018-5867

Lack of checking input size can lead to buffer overflow In WideVine in snapdragon automobile, snapdragon mobile and snapdragon wear in versions MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625...

Google Patches 11 Critical RCE Android Vulnerabilities

Remote code-execution RCE vulnerabilities dominated Google’s December Android Security Bulletin. The flaws are part of a total of 53 unique bugs patched by the Android security team, with a total number of 11 critical bugs – six of which are RCE flaws tied to the operating system’s Media Framewor...

Debian DLA-1573-1 : firmware-nonfree security update (KRACK)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the firmware for Broadcom BCM43xx wifi chips that may lead to a privilege escalation or loss of confidentiality. CVE-2016-0801 Broadgate Team discovered flaws in packet processing in the Broadcom wifi firmware and proprietary drivers that could lead...