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

EPSS: 0.001 (0.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Qualcomm Fastconnect_6800
Qualcomm Fastconnect_6800_firmware
Qualcomm Fastconnect_6900
Qualcomm Fastconnect_6900_firmware
Qualcomm Fastconnect_7800
Qualcomm Fastconnect_7800_firmware
Qualcomm Qam8255p
Qualcomm Qam8255p_firmware
Qualcomm Qca6391
Qualcomm Qca6391_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

product-security@qualcomm.com (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.