CVE-2020-11172

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 2, 2020 at 06:21 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:49 AM UTC
13 products affected across 1 vendorIPQ6018 FirmwareIPQ8074 FirmwareIPQ4019 Firmware

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

u'fscanf reads a string from a file and stores its contents on a statically allocated stack memory which leads to stack overflow' in Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in IPQ4019, IPQ6018, IPQ8064, IPQ8074, QCA9531, QCA9980

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120

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