Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute WLAN buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component WLAN. The manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-33236. Access to the local network is required for this attack. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking (Chip Software) (affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component WLAN. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Transient DOS due to buffer over-read in WLAN firmware while parsing cipher suite info attributes. in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

The weakness was published 11/15/2022. The advisory is available at qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-33236 since 06/14/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-36279). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/14/2022 🔍
11/15/2022 +154 days 🔍
11/15/2022 +0 days 🔍
06/10/2026 +1303 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-33236 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-33236
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-213690
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/15/2022 13:46
Updated: 06/10/2026 21:29
Changes: 11/15/2022 13:46 (49), 04/23/2025 02:08 (26), 06/10/2026 21:29 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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