Qualcomm Snapdragon HLOS memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component HLOS. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-43515. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component HLOS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Memory corruption in HLOS while running kernel address sanitizers (syzkaller) on tmecom with DEBUG_FS enabled.

The advisory is shared at docs.qualcomm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-43515 since 09/19/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

09/19/2023 🔍
04/01/2024 +195 days 🔍
04/01/2024 +0 days 🔍
01/13/2025 +287 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-43515 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-43515
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-258893

Entryinfo

Created: 04/01/2024 18:39
Updated: 01/13/2025 23:41
Changes: 04/01/2024 18:39 (63), 01/13/2025 23:41 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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