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Baseband Exploitation in 2013

Hexagon challenges

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Video duration
00:58:43
Language
English
Abstract
Exploitation of baseband vulnerabilities has become significantly harder on average. With Qualcomm having grabbed 97% of the market share of shipped LTE chipsets in 1Q2013, you see their chipset in every single top-of-the-line smartphone, whether it is an Android, an iPhone, a Windows Phone or a Blackberry.

While almost all other current baseband CPUs are ARM-based, Qualcomm has transitioned their entire modem software stack to their own DSP-based architecture, the Hexagon architecture. The architecture switch together with recent hardening of the baseband stack introduces significant challenges for exploit development which we will explore in this talk.

Talk ID
5618
Event:
30C3
Day
1
Room
Saal 1
Start
9:45 p.m.
Duration
01:00:00
Track
Security & Safety
Type of
lecture
Speaker
RPW, esizkur
Talk Slug & media link
30C3_-_5618_-_en_-_saal_1_-_201312272145_-_baseband_exploitation_in_2013_-_rpw_esizkur
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