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CVE-2024-43048

Memory corruption when invalid input is passed to invoke GPU Headroom API call.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8, requiring local system access to exploit with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 104 products from qualcomm, from qualcomm, from qualcomm and 101 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

2024-12-02T11:15:08.960

Last Modified

2024-12-12T15:27:48.080

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-121
Type: Primary
CWE-787

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	qualcomm	fastconnect_6200_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	fastconnect_6200	-	No
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	qcm4325_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	qcm4325	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	qcm8550_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	qcm8550	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	sdm429w_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	sdm429w	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	sg4150p_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	sg4150p	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	sm4635_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	sm4635	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	sm8550p_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	sm8550p	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	sm8635_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	sm8635	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	sm8750_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	sm8750	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	sm8750p_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	sm8750p	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	snapdragon_4_gen_1_mobile_platform_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	snapdragon_4_gen_1_mobile_platform	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	snapdragon_429_mobile_platform_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	snapdragon_429_mobile_platform	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	snapdragon_460_mobile_platform_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	snapdragon_460_mobile_platform	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	snapdragon_480_5g_mobile_platform_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	snapdragon_480_5g_mobile_platform	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	snapdragon_480\+_5g_mobile_platform_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	snapdragon_480\+_5g_mobile_platform	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	snapdragon_662_mobile_platform_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	snapdragon_662_mobile_platform	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	snapdragon_680_4g_mobile_platform_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	snapdragon_680_4g_mobile_platform	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	snapdragon_685_4g_mobile_platform_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	snapdragon_685_4g_mobile_platform	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	snapdragon_695_5g_mobile_platform_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	snapdragon_695_5g_mobile_platform	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	snapdragon_8_gen_2_mobile_platform_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	snapdragon_8_gen_2_mobile_platform	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	snapdragon_8_gen_3_mobile_platform_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	snapdragon_8_gen_3_mobile_platform	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	snapdragon_8\+_gen_2_mobile_platform_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	snapdragon_8\+_gen_2_mobile_platform	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	vision_intelligence_400_platform_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	vision_intelligence_400_platform	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcd9335_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcd9335	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcd9341_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcd9341	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcd9370_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcd9370	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcd9375_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcd9375	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcd9378_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcd9378	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcd9380_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcd9380	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcd9385_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcd9385	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcd9390_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcd9390	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcd9395_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcd9395	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcn3620_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcn3620	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcn3660b_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcn3660b	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcn3950_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcn3950	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcn3988_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcn3988	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcn3990_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcn3990	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcn6755_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcn6755	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcn7860_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcn7860	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcn7861_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcn7861	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcn7880_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcn7880	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wcn7881_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wcn7881	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wsa8810_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wsa8810	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wsa8815_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wsa8815	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wsa8830_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wsa8830	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wsa8832_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wsa8832	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wsa8835_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wsa8835	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wsa8840_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wsa8840	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wsa8845_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wsa8845	-	No
Operating System	qualcomm	wsa8845h_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	qualcomm	wsa8845h	-	No

References

https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/december-2024-bulletin.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])

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.