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CVE-2020-11242
User could gain access to secure memory due to incorrect argument into address range validation api used in SDI to captu
User could gain access to secure memory due to incorrect argument into address range validation api used in SDI to capture requested contents in Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile.
HIGH · CVSS 8.4
EPSS 0.00202
EPSS exploitation odds0.20% · top 89%
Schedule remediation
- CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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YARA rules0
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How to read a CVE - triage first, then detect and patch
This page is every public fact about CVE-2020-11242, cross-linked. Its job is to answer one question fast - does this need my attention now? - and then hand you the two things you do about it. Here is how an analyst reads it.
Triage: should I act now? Four signals, and they are not interchangeable:
CVSSseverity - how bad it is IF exploited, 0-10. A high CVSS alone is not urgency; a flaw can be a perfect 10 and never actually be attacked.
EPSSprobability - a model’s estimate of the chance it is exploited in the next 30 days, 0-1. This is the “will it actually happen” signal.
CISA KEVconfirmed - it is being exploited in the wild right now. The strongest signal on the page; KEV beats any score.
Weaponisedavailability - public exploits / PoCs, and especially Metasploit modules rated Excellent / Great. Reliable, packaged exploit code means low-skill attackers can use it today.
How they combine: KEV, or a dependable Metasploit module, means patch now regardless of CVSS. High CVSS + low EPSS + no exploit is real but not an emergency - schedule it. Low CVSS but KEV-listed still gets patched now. The verdict above already weighed these for you; this is how it got there.
Then what - two workflows:
Detectwhen you cannot patch today, follow this CVE to the ATT&CK techniques it enables, then Build a SIEM detection (the green button) - author a rule, test it in Atomic, deploy it. That buys visibility while the patch waits.
PatchAffected products / packages tell you if you are exposed; Fixed versions by distribution and Vendor advisories give the exact version that closes it.
Reading order for the panels below: verdict + badges, then Public exploits / Metasploit (is it weaponised), then ATT&CK techniques + Sigma / IDS rules (can I detect it), then Affected products / packages + Fixed versions (am I exposed, what patches it), then Threat actors / IOCs (who uses it), then Scoring & timeline / references (the evidence).
EPSS exploitation probability
0.20%
Top 89%odds of exploitation in the next 30 days
CVSS metric silhouette
shape grows toward worst-case
SSVC triage
No SSVC vulnrichment for this CVE. CISA's Vulnrichment program scores newer CVEs (~2024 onwards) plus selected older critical ones. Use the EPSS probability + KEV status to triage instead.
CVSS vector breakdown
Exploitability - how they get in
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Attack Complexity
Low
High
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Impact - what breaks
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
VECTOR
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLifecycle
- 07 Apr 2021Published to NVD
- 17 Jun 2026Last modified
Every entry is a recorded date - NVD publish/modify, CISA KEV add, public exploit disclosure. No inferred events.
Attack path
Full kill chain
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ATT&CK techniques
1Techniques this CVE enables. Pills with a solid outline are high confidence - named directly in ATT&CK or Nuclei, or human-curated by CTID; the rest are inferred from the weakness type using MITRE's CVE Mapping Methodology and the CWE → CAPEC chain. Broad, generic-weakness guesses are filtered out. A small N× marks a technique that N independent sources agree on.
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Affected Products & Versions
38qualcomm pm660 firmwareall versions
qualcomm pm660a firmwareall versions
qualcomm pm660l firmwareall versions
qualcomm pm855a firmwareall versions
qualcomm pmm855au firmwareall versions
qualcomm qat3514 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qat3522 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qat3550 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qca6564a firmwareall versions
qualcomm qca6564au firmwareall versions
qualcomm qca6574a firmwareall versions
qualcomm qca6574au firmwareall versions
qualcomm qca6595 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qca6595au firmwareall versions
qualcomm qet4100 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qet4101 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qet4200aq firmwareall versions
qualcomm qln1021aq firmwareall versions
qualcomm qln1031 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qln1036aq firmwareall versions
qualcomm qpa4340 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qpa4360 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qpa5460 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qtc800h firmwareall versions
qualcomm qtc800s firmwareall versions
qualcomm rsw8577 firmwareall versions
qualcomm sd455 firmwareall versions
qualcomm sd636 firmwareall versions
qualcomm sd660 firmwareall versions
qualcomm sdm630 firmwareall versions
qualcomm sdr660 firmwareall versions
qualcomm smb1351 firmwareall versions
qualcomm wcd9335 firmwareall versions
qualcomm wcd9340 firmwareall versions
qualcomm wcd9341 firmwareall versions
qualcomm wcn3950 firmwareall versions
qualcomm wcn3980 firmwareall versions
qualcomm wcn3990 firmwareall versions
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Vendor Advisories
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References & Sources
1Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.