Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to WSA8845H IOCTL Call use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon CCW, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon WBC and Snapdragon Wearables. This affects an unknown part of the component IOCTL Call Handler. Such manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-49848. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon CCW, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon WBC and Snapdragon Wearables. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component IOCTL Call Handler. 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 while processing multiple IOCTL calls from HLOS to DSP.

The advisory is shared for download at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-49848 since 10/20/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. 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 10/07/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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CNA Base Score: 6.7
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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/20/2024 🔍
04/07/2025 +169 days 🔍
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10/07/2025 +183 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-49848 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-49848
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-303668

Entryinfo

Created: 04/07/2025 12:50
Updated: 10/07/2025 02:31
Changes: 04/07/2025 12:50 (64), 10/07/2025 02:31 (1)
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