How severe is CVE-2022-22071?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-22071 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2022-22071 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-12-05), indicating it is being actively exploited. 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Vulnerability in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Compute, Connectivity, Consumer Iot, Industrial Mobile, Voice & Music

CVE-2022-22071

Possible use after free when process shell memory is freed using IOCTL munmap call and process initialization is in progress in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IO…

EPSS: 0.006 (68.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Compute, Connectivity, Consumer Iot, Industrial Mobile, Voice & Music — versions APQ8053, AR8031, AR8035, CSRA6620, CSRA6640, MDM9150, MSM8953, QCA6174A, QCA6390, QCA6391, QCA6426, QCA6436, QCA6574, QCA6574A, QCA6574AU, QCA6595AU, QCA6696, QCA8081, QCA8337, QCA9377, QCM2290, QCM4290, QCM6490, QCS2290, QCS405, QCS410, QCS4290, QCS610, QCS6490, QRB5165, QRB5165M, QRB5165N, Qualcomm215, SA6155P, SA8155P, SA8195P, SD439, SD460, SD480, SD662, SD680, SD690 5G, SD695, SD750G, SD765, SD765G, SD768G, SD778G, SD780G, SD855, SD865 5G, SD870, SD888 5G, SDX12, SDX55, SDX55M, SDX65, SDXR2 5G, SM4125, SM7250P, SM7325P, WCD9326, WCD9335, WCD9341, WCD9370, WCD9375, WCD9380, WCD9385, WCN3615, WCN3660B, WCN3680B, WCN3910, WCN3950, WCN3980, WCN3988, WCN3991, WCN3998, WCN3999, WCN6740, WCN6750, WCN6850, WCN6851, WCN6855, WCN6856, WCN7850, WCN7851, WSA8810, WSA8815, WSA8830, WSA8835

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2023-12-05. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2023-12-26.

Required action: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/may-2022-bulletin (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22071?: CVE-2022-22071 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Compute, Connectivity, Consumer Iot, Industrial Mobile, Voice & Music. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2022-06-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-22071?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-22071 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2022-22071 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-12-05), indicating it is being actively exploited. 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.