CVE-2020-11184
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedu'Possible buffer overflow will occur in video while parsing mp4 clip with crafted esds atom size.' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile in QCM4290, QCS4290, QM215, QSM8350, SA6145P, SA6155, SA6155P, SA8155, SA8155P, SDX55, SDX55M, SM4250, SM4250P, SM6115, SM6115P, SM6125, SM6250, SM6350, SM7125, SM7225, SM7250, SM7250P, SM8150, SM8150P, SM8250, SM8350, SM8350P, SXR2130, SXR2130P
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceBuffer overflow vulnerability in video parsing module when processing MP4 files with a crafted esds (Elementary Stream Descriptor) atom. The specially constructed esds atom size is not properly validated, allowing memory corruption that could enable remote code execution.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the Qualcomm chipset model in the deviceReview device specifications, system information, or firmware metadata to determine the exact chipset (Qcm4290, Qcs4290, Qm215, Qsm8350, Sa6145p, Sa6155, Sa6155p, or Sa8155)Affected if The chipset matches one of the listed affected models (Qcm4290, Qcs4290, Qm215, Qsm8350, Sa6145p, Sa6155, Sa6155p, Sa8155)
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Determine the firmware versionQuery the device firmware version via vendor-specific tools, system firmware logs, or device management interfacesAffected if The firmware version is any version for the affected chipsets, since the advisory states all versions are affected
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Check if video/MP4 parsing is in useMonitor process activity, video codec usage, or media player services that handle MP4 file decodingAffected if The device processes MP4 files using the video parsing module, as the vulnerability is triggered during esds atom parsing
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Verify if the esds parsing path is accessibleReview application logs or network traffic for MP4 file processing events, or check if any media handling services are runningAffected if The device accepts or processes MP4 files from any source, enabling the attack surface for the crafted esds atom
The device is affected if it runs any of the listed Qualcomm firmware variants and processes MP4 files through the vulnerable video parsing module.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply Qualcomm firmware/security patches for affected chipsets. Until patches are deployed, avoid processing MP4 files from untrusted sources.
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- Review / QA8.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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