CVE-2022-33214 Race condition in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables
A time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Qualcomm Snapdragon display metadata handling allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-33214?
CVE-2022-33214 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, published on 17 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory corruption in display due to time-of-check time-of-use of metadata reserved size in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-33214?
It affects 102 products.
Products include Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8295p Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6390 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6391 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6420 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6430 Firmware and 96 more.
How do I fix CVE-2022-33214?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-33214 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-33214 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware
- CVE-2025-21479 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Incorrect Authorization
- CVE-2025-21480 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Incorrect Authorization
- CVE-2023-28562 Buffer Copy Without Checking Size of Input in QESL
- CVE-2022-40514 Buffer copy without checking size of input in WLAN Firmware
- CVE-2022-22096 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile
Sources
Also known as 3178237, A-238103940, ASB-A-238103940, GHSA-xxgc-m52v-3qm3.