Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2023-43515


Memory corruption in HLOS while running kernel address sanitizers (syzkaller) on tmecom with DEBUG_FS enabled.


Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.6, requiring local system access to exploit with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts limited data confidentiality, integrity (unauthorized modifications), and limited availability for affected systems. Impacting 12 products from qualcomm, from qualcomm, from qualcomm and 9 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2024, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.


Published

2024-04-01T15:15:48.027

Last Modified

2025-01-13T21:53:32.407

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.6 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-120
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-120

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System qualcomm fastconnect_6900_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm fastconnect_6900 - No
Operating System qualcomm fastconnect_7800_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm fastconnect_7800 - No
Operating System qualcomm snapdragon_8_gen_1_mobile_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm snapdragon_8_gen_1_mobile - No
Operating System qualcomm wcd9380_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcd9380 - No
Operating System qualcomm wsa8830_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wsa8830 - No
Operating System qualcomm wsa8835_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wsa8835 - No

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For qualcomm's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.