CVE-2019-10520

An unprivileged application can allocate GPU memory by calling memory allocation ioctl function and can exhaust all the memory which results in out of memory in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music in QCS405, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 665, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855

Published: 2019-12-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-10520 is rated Low Risk (24.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-10520

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.17% +0.13%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.84%
3 2022-04-01 0.89%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-10520

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-10520

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-10520

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qualcomm qcs405_firmware cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs405_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm sd_210_firmware cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_210_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm sd_212_firmware cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_212_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm sd_205_firmware cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_205_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm sd_665_firmware cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_665_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm sd_675_firmware cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_675_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm sd_712_firmware cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_712_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm sd_710_firmware cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_710_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm sd_670_firmware cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_670_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm sd_730_firmware cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_730_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm sd_845_firmware cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_845_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm sd_850_firmware cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_850_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm sd_855_firmware cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_855_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-10520

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