Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto Bluetooth buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music and Snapdragon Wearables and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Bluetooth. Executing a manipulation can lead to buffer overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-33268. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music and Snapdragon Wearables (Chip Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Bluetooth. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Information disclosure due to buffer over-read in Bluetooth HOST while pairing and connecting A2DP. in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

The weakness was shared 12/13/2022. The advisory is shared for download at qualcomm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-33268 since 06/14/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/11/2026).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-36311). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/14/2022 🔍
12/13/2022 +182 days 🔍
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06/11/2026 +1276 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-33268 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-33268
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-215464
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/13/2022 18:55
Updated: 06/11/2026 02:41
Changes: 12/13/2022 18:55 (39), 01/07/2023 16:45 (21), 06/11/2026 02:41 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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