Qualcomm WSA8815 Boot buffer over-read

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm APQ8009, APQ8009W, APQ8064AU, APQ8096AU, MDM9150, MDM9250, MDM9628, MDM9650, MSM8108, MSM8208, MSM8209, MSM8608, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCA4020, QCA6174A, QCA6564A, QCA6564AU, QCA6574, QCA6574A, QCA6574AU, QCA6584AU, QCA9377, QCA9379, Qualcomm215, SD210, SD429, SD625, SD626, SD835, SDA429W, SDM429W, SDW2500, SDX20, SDX20M, WCD9326, WCD9335, WCN3610, WCN3615, WCN3620, WCN3660B, WCN3680, WCN3680B, WCN3980, WCN3990 and WSA8815. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Boot. Executing a manipulation can lead to buffer over-read. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2022-22079. The physical device can be targeted for the attack. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Qualcomm APQ8009, APQ8009W, APQ8064AU, APQ8096AU, MDM9150, MDM9250, MDM9628, MDM9650, MSM8108, MSM8208, MSM8209, MSM8608, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCA4020, QCA6174A, QCA6564A, QCA6564AU, QCA6574, QCA6574A, QCA6574AU, QCA6584AU, QCA9377, QCA9379, Qualcomm215, SD210, SD429, SD625, SD626, SD835, SDA429W, SDM429W, SDW2500, SDX20, SDX20M, WCD9326, WCD9335, WCN3610, WCN3615, WCN3620, WCN3660B, WCN3680, WCN3680B, WCN3980, WCN3990 and WSA8815 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Boot. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer over-read vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-126. The product reads from a buffer using buffer access mechanisms such as indexes or pointers that reference memory locations after the targeted buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Denial of service while processing fastboot flash command on mmc due to buffer over read

The weakness was presented 01/09/2023. The advisory is available at qualcomm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-22079 since 12/21/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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Class: Buffer over-read
CWE: CWE-126 / CWE-119
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/21/2021 🔍
01/09/2023 +384 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-22079 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22079
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-217678

Entryinfo

Created: 01/09/2023 14:34
Updated: 04/09/2025 22:48
Changes: 01/09/2023 14:34 (48), 04/09/2025 22:48 (25)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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