Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to WSA8835 HLOS out-of-range pointer offset

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wearables and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component HLOS. Executing a manipulation can lead to use of out-of-range pointer offset. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-43060. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wearables. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component HLOS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use of out-of-range pointer offset vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory corruption during voice activation, when sound model parameters are loaded from HLOS to ADSP.

The advisory is available at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-43060 since 08/05/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/03/2025).

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

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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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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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/05/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-43060 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-43060
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-298162

Entryinfo

Created: 03/03/2025 11:44
Changes: 03/03/2025 11:44 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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