CVE-2018-5837

HIGH

Qualcomm Snapdragon Firmware - Cryptographically Weak PRNG in MAC Address Randomization

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Snapdragon (Automobile, Mobile, Wear) in version IPQ8074, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8996AU, QCA6574AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 625, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, SDA660, SDM429, SDM439, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM710, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, MAC address randomization performed during probe requests is not done properly due to a flawed RNG which produced repeating output much earlier than expected.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0063
EPSS Percentile 45.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-338
Status published
Products (28)
qualcomm/ipq8074_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9206_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9607_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9640_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9650_firmware
qualcomm/msm8996au_firmware
qualcomm/qca6574au_firmware
qualcomm/sd205_firmware
qualcomm/sd210_firmware
qualcomm/sd212_firmware
... and 18 more
Published Sep 20, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026