CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2016-10437 — Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.5

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon Mobile, and Snapdragon Wear FSM9055, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 835, and SDX20, while logging debug statements or ftrace events from rmnet_data, the socket buffer function uses normal format specifiers which may result in information exposure.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.5 (3.0)
Published
2018-04-18
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Affected products

  • qualcomm / mdm9206_firmware
  • qualcomm / mdm9607_firmware
  • qualcomm / fsm9055_firmware
  • qualcomm / mdm9635m_firmware
  • qualcomm / mdm9640_firmware
  • qualcomm / mdm9650_firmware

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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