CVE-2017-14911

CRITICAL

Qualcomm MDM9206 and Snapdragon Firmware - Improper Authentication in XBL Loader

Title source: llm

Description

In Android before 2018-01-05 on Qualcomm Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Automobile APQ8096AU, MDM9206, MDM9650, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 835, it is possible for the XBL loader to skip the authentication of device config.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102386

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0102

EPSS Percentile 77.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-287

Status published

Products (14)

qualcomm/apq8096au_firmware

qualcomm/mdm9206_firmware

qualcomm/mdm9650_firmware

qualcomm/msm8996au_firmware

qualcomm/sd_205_firmware

qualcomm/sd_210_firmware

qualcomm/sd_212_firmware

qualcomm/sd_425_firmware

qualcomm/sd_430_firmware

qualcomm/sd_625_firmware

... and 4 more

Published Mar 30, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026