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Aqt1000 Firmware CVE-2022-25677

HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2022-12-13 product-security@qualcomm.com
Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware Ar9380 Firmware Csr8811 Firmware Ipq4018 Firmware Ipq4019 Firmware Ipq4028 Firmware Ipq4029 Firmware Ipq5010 Firmware Ipq5028 Firmware Ipq6000 Firmware Ipq6010 Firmware Ipq6018 Firmware Ipq6028 Firmware Ipq8064 Firmware Ipq8065 Firmware Ipq8068 Firmware Ipq8070 Firmware Ipq8070a Firmware Ipq8071a Firmware Ipq8072a Firmware Ipq8074a Firmware Ipq8076 Firmware Ipq8076a Firmware Ipq8078 Firmware Ipq8078a Firmware Ipq8173 Firmware Ipq8174 Firmware Ipq9008 Firmware Ipq9574 Firmware Msm8996au Firmware Qca4024 Firmware Qca6310 Firmware Qca6320 Firmware Qca6335 Firmware Qca6391 Firmware Qca6420 Firmware Qca6426 Firmware Qca6430 Firmware Qca6436 Firmware Qca6564 Firmware Qca6564a Firmware Qca6564au Firmware Qca6574a Firmware Qca6574au Firmware Qca6595 Firmware Qca6595au Firmware Qca7500 Firmware Qca8072 Firmware Qca8075 Firmware Qca8081 Firmware Qca8337 Firmware Qca9880 Firmware Qca9886 Firmware Qca9888 Firmware Qca9889 Firmware Qca9898 Firmware Qca9980 Firmware Qca9984 Firmware Qca9985 Firmware Qca9990 Firmware Qca9992 Firmware Qca9994 Firmware Qcn5022 Firmware Qcn5024 Firmware Qcn5052 Firmware Qcn5054 Firmware Qcn5122 Firmware Qcn5124 Firmware Qcn5152 Firmware Qcn5154 Firmware Qcn5164 Firmware Qcn6023 Firmware Qcn6024 Firmware Qcn6100 Firmware Qcn6102 Firmware Qcn6112 Firmware Qcn6122 Firmware Qcn6132 Firmware Qcn9000 Firmware Qcn9012 Firmware Qcn9022 Firmware Qcn9024 Firmware Qcn9070 Firmware Qcn9072 Firmware Qcn9074 Firmware Qcn9100 Firmware Qcn9274 Firmware Qcs410 Firmware Qcs610 Firmware Qcs8155 Firmware Qsm8250 Firmware Sa6145p Firmware Sa6155p Firmware Sa8155p Firmware Sd 675 Firmware Sd675 Firmware Sd730 Firmware Sd835 Firmware Sd855 Firmware Sd865 5g Firmware Sdm429w Firmware Sdx55 Firmware Sm6250 Firmware Wcd9335 Firmware Wcd9340 Firmware Wcd9341 Firmware Wcd9370 Firmware Wcd9375 Firmware Wcd9380 Firmware Wcn3610 Firmware Wcn3620 Firmware Wcn3660b Firmware Wcn3680b Firmware Wcn3950 Firmware Wcn3980 Firmware Wcn3988 Firmware Wcn3990 Firmware Wsa8810 Firmware Wsa8815 Firmware Pmp8074 Firmware Qcn5021 Firmware Mdm9650 Firmware Apq8096Au Firmware Sd210 Firmware Sd205 Firmware Sd845 Firmware Mdm9150 Firmware Qca6390 Firmware Sa515M Firmware Ipq5018 Firmware Sdx55M Firmware Sda429W Firmware Sdx50M Firmware Sd429 Firmware Sd720G Firmware Sdxr2 5G Firmware Wcn3991 Firmware Wcn3998 Firmware Wcn6850 Firmware Wcn6851 Firmware Qualcomm215 Firmware Sd678 Firmware Sd870 Firmware
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Memory lifecycle management
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Impact

CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A local attacker with access to the system could access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

Memory corruption in diag due to use after free while processing dci packet in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Use smart pointers or garbage-collected languages. Set pointers to NULL after freeing. Enable memory sanitizers.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified as Use After Free (CWE-416), which allows attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. Memory corruption in diag due to use after free while processing dci packet in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking Affected products include: Qualcomm Apq8096Au Firmware, Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar9380 Firmware, Qualcomm Csr8811 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq4018 Firmware.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

DescriptionNVD

Memory corruption in diag due to use after free while processing dci packet in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 98% exploitable
Data Quality
2 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

39
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +39
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

Use-after-free vulnerabilities occur when a program continues to access memory through a pointer after that memory has been deallocated.

Memory corruption occurs when a program writes data beyond the boundaries of allocated memory regions or accesses memory in unintended ways, violating the integrity of the process's address space.

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8096au_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:aqt1000_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ar9380_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:csr8811_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq4018_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq4019_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq4028_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq4029_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq5010_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq5018_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq5028_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq6000_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq6010_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq6018_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq6028_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8064_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8065_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8068_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8070_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8070a_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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