Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto Boot denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wearables. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Boot Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2022-22078. An attack on the physical device is feasible. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wearables (Chip Software). Affected is an unknown function of the component Boot Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Denial of service in BOOT when partition size for a particular partition is requested due to integer overflow when blocks are calculated in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables

The weakness was shared 10/19/2022. The advisory is shared for download at qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-22078 since 12/21/2021. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-27232). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.5

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.4
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/21/2021 🔍
10/19/2022 +301 days 🔍
10/19/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/28/2026 +1287 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-22078 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22078
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-211764
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/19/2022 14:38
Updated: 04/28/2026 10:17
Changes: 10/19/2022 14:38 (39), 11/18/2022 08:39 (11), 04/28/2026 10:17 (15)
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