CVE-2020-11261
Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 1 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Memory corruption due to improper check to return error when user application requests memory allocation of a huge size in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.60% probability · 76th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 1 December 2021 · due 1 June 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-787, CWE-20
- Affected
- qualcomm/apq8009 firmware · qualcomm/apq8009w firmware · qualcomm/apq8017 firmware · qualcomm/apq8037 firmware · qualcomm/apq8053 firmware · qualcomm/apq8064au firmware · qualcomm/apq8096au firmware · qualcomm/aqt1000 firmware · qualcomm/ar8031 firmware · qualcomm/ar8035 firmware · qualcomm/ar8151 firmware · qualcomm/csra6620 firmware · qualcomm/csra6640 firmware · qualcomm/csrb31024 firmware · qualcomm/fsm10055 firmware · qualcomm/fsm10056 firmware · qualcomm/mdm9650 firmware · qualcomm/msm8909w firmware · qualcomm/msm8917 firmware · qualcomm/msm8920 firmware · +40 more
- Source
- product-security@qualcomm.com
EPSS 1.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11261
References
- https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/january-2021-bulletinPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/january-2021-bulletinPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11261US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.