Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to WSA8845H use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon WBC and Snapdragon Wearables. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-53023. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon WBC and Snapdragon Wearables. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory corruption may occur while accessing a variable during extended back to back tests.

The advisory is shared for download at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-53023 since 11/19/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. 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 03/07/2025).

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

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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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

11/19/2024 🔍
03/03/2025 +104 days 🔍
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03/07/2025 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-53023 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-53023
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-298172

Entryinfo

Created: 03/03/2025 11:56
Updated: 03/07/2025 13:22
Changes: 03/03/2025 11:56 (63), 03/07/2025 13:22 (1)
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