Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-11299

Critical

Published: 17 March 2021

Published
17 March 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0036 58.3th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-11299 is a critical-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 41.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Buffer overflow can occur in video while playing the non-standard clip in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

qualcomm
apq8009 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8009w firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8017 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8053 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8064au firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8096au firmware
all versions
qualcomm
aqt1000 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
ar8031 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
ar8151 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
csra6620 firmware
all versions
+371 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

References