Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to Vision Int buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wearables. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes buffer overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-33042. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wearables. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Memory corruption when Alternative Frequency offset value is set to 255.

It is possible to read the advisory at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-33042 since 04/23/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/08/2025).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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

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Timelineinfo

04/23/2024 🔍
09/02/2024 +132 days 🔍
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08/08/2025 +340 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-33042 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-33042
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-276319

Entryinfo

Created: 09/02/2024 13:26
Updated: 08/08/2025 02:14
Changes: 09/02/2024 13:26 (62), 09/03/2024 10:25 (1), 08/08/2025 02:14 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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