What is CVE-2024-33040?

CVE-2024-33040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6800, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2024-12-02.

How severe is CVE-2024-33040?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Use After Free in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6800

CVE-2024-33040

Memory corruption while invoking redundant release command to release one buffer from user space as race condition can occur in kernel space between buffer release and buffer access.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2024-12-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (0.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 0th percentile — 0.4% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/december-2024-bullet… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-33040?: CVE-2024-33040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6800, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2024-12-02.
How severe is CVE-2024-33040?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.