Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute FastConnect 6900 up to WSA8845 IOCTL Call out-of-range pointer offset

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity and Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity FastConnect 6900 up to WSA8845. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component IOCTL Call Handler. The manipulation leads to use of out-of-range pointer offset. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-49840. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity and Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity FastConnect 6900 up to WSA8845 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component IOCTL Call Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use of out-of-range pointer offset vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-823. The product performs pointer arithmetic on a valid pointer, but it uses an offset that can point outside of the intended range of valid memory locations for the resulting pointer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Memory corruption while Invoking IOCTL calls from user-space to validate FIPS encryption or decryption functionality.

The advisory is shared at docs.qualcomm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-49840 since 10/20/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/03/2025).

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

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Class: Use of out-of-range pointer offset
CWE: CWE-823
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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10/20/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-49840 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-49840
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-294485

Entryinfo

Created: 02/03/2025 18:28
Changes: 02/03/2025 18:28 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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