Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to XR1 Platform Widevine improper authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Technology, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon WBC and Snapdragon Wearables. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Widevine. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authorization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-43051. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Technology, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon WBC and Snapdragon Wearables and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Widevine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Information disclosure while deriving keys for a session for any Widevine use case.

The advisory is shared for download at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-43051 since 08/05/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0477). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Google Android

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authorization
CWE: CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/05/2024 🔍
03/03/2025 +210 days 🔍
03/03/2025 +0 days 🔍
09/06/2025 +186 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-43051 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-43051
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-298156
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-0477 - Android Patchday März 2025: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 03/03/2025 11:40
Updated: 09/06/2025 01:24
Changes: 03/03/2025 11:40 (64), 08/11/2025 17:18 (1), 09/06/2025 01:24 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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