Null pointer dereference

Possible null-pointer dereference can occur while parsing avi clip during copy in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9206, MDM9607, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU,...

CVE-2019-10501

Possible use after free issue due to improper input validation in volume listener library in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MSM8909W,...

CVE-2019-10509

Device record of the pairing device used after free during ACL disconnection in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCA6574AU,...

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-2019-2294

Usage of hard-coded magic number for calculating heap guard bytes can allow users to corrupt heap blocks without heap algorithm knowledge in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial...

CVE-2019-10540

Buffer overflow in WLAN NAN function due to lack of check of count value received in NAN availability attribute in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile,...

CVE-2019-10510

CVE-2019-10510 is described as a null pointer dereference affecting Bluetooth on Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms (e.g., BTHOST) when a remote invalid vendor command is processed. The issue is noted across Qualcomm components with high severity and CVSS 3.1/2.0 ratings, and the vulnerability is list...

CVE-2019-2333

Technical details about CVE-2019-2333 are not publicly provided in the supplied documents. Monitor for updates as more specifics (affected components, root cause, remediation) may be disclosed in future disclosures.

CVE-2019-10499

Improper validation of read and write index of tx and rx fifos before using for data copy from fifo can lead to out-of-bound access. in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in IPQ4019, IPQ8064, IPQ8074, QCS405, SD 665, SD 675, SD 730, SD 855...

CVE-2019-10498

CVE-2019-10498 describes a buffer overflow in a Qualcomm closed‑source component triggered when a client sends more than 5 io_vec requests to the server. Affected products span Snapdragon Auto/Compute, Snapdragon IoT devices, and related Snapdragon/SDM families (e.g., SD 210–855, various Snapdrag...

CVE-2019-2341

CVE-2019-2341 describes a buffer overflow in the audio subsystem when a user-provided audio buffer size exceeds the maximum allowed. Affected: Snapdragon SoCs and families listed in the entry (e.g., Snapdragon Auto/Compute/IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Wearables, etc.). Root cause: unchecked size in au...

Google Tightens Its Voice Assistant Rules Amid Privacy Backlash

Following Apple, Amazon, and others, Google will put in new safeguards against accidental voice assistant collection and transcription...

Fabricated Voice Used in Financial Fraud

This seems to be an identity theft first: Criminals used artificial intelligence-based software to impersonate a chief executive's voice and demand a fraudulent transfer of €220,000 $243,000 in March in what cybercrime experts described as an unusual case of artificial intelligence being used in...

News Wrap: Deepfake CEO Voice Scam, Facebook Phone Data Exposed

In this week’s news wrap ended Sept. 6, the Threatpost team breaks down the biggest news of the week, including: Cybercrooks successfully fooling a company into a large wire transfer using an AI-powered deepfake of a chief executive’s voice and Facebook, Microsoft and a number of universities...

CEO 'Deep Fake' Swindles Company Out of $243K

In the first known case of successful financial scamming via audio deep fakes, cybercrooks were able to create a near-perfect impersonation of a chief executive’s voice – and then used the audio to fool his company into transferring $243,000 to their bank account. A deep fake is a plausible video...

Facebook's Voice Transcripts Were More Invasive Than Amazon's

The Capital One hacker, a Bluetooth vulnerability, and more of the week's top security news...

Who Owns Your Wireless Service? Crooks Do.

Incessantly annoying and fraudulent robocalls. Corrupt wireless company employees taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to unlock and hijack mobile phone service. Wireless providers selling real-time customer location data, despite repeated promises to the contrary. A noticeable uptic...

Apple Suspends Siri Program After Privacy Backlash

Apple is suspending a program that lets contractors listen in on Siri voice recordings after facing a rain of backlash regarding the privacy implications of the program. The suspension comes after a report in The Guardian last week outlining how contractors regularly listen to intimate voice...

Black Hat USA 2019 Preview

Las Vegas – Despite bizarre reports of a grasshopper infestation, Black Hat USA 2019 and DEF CON are set to kick off next week in Las Vegas, bringing on a wave of sessions, keynotes and security-themed villages. The Threatpost team, which will be on the frontlines of next week’s shows, discuss wh...

CVE-2019-2343

Out of bound read and information disclosure in firmware due to insufficient checking of an embedded structure that can be sent from a kernel driver in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon...