Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to WSA8845H IOCTL Call use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT and Snapdragon Mobile. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component IOCTL Call Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to use after free. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-33055. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT and Snapdragon Mobile. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component IOCTL Call Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory corruption while invoking IOCTL calls to unmap the DMA buffers.

The advisory is shared for download at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-33055 since 04/23/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. 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 01/11/2025).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/23/2024 🔍
01/06/2025 +258 days 🔍
01/06/2025 +0 days 🔍
01/11/2025 +5 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-33055 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-33055
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-290260

Entryinfo

Created: 01/06/2025 12:22
Updated: 01/11/2025 04:54
Changes: 01/06/2025 12:22 (63), 01/11/2025 04:54 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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