What is CVE-2022-22098?

CVE-2022-22098 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8096au, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2022-09-02.

How severe is CVE-2022-22098?

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

Buffer overflow in Qualcomm Apq8096au

CVE-2022-22098

Memory corruption in multimedia driver due to untrusted pointer dereference while reading data from socket in Snapdragon Auto

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-09-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (1.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 1.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Qualcomm Apq8096au
Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware
Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto — versions APQ8096AU

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/july-2022-bulletin (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22098?: CVE-2022-22098 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8096au, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2022-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2022-22098?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.