CVE-2023-21654 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Audio

What is CVE-2023-21654?

CVE-2023-21654 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, published on 5 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory corruption in Audio during playback session with audio effects enabled.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21654?

It affects 56 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9628 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8295p Firmware and 50 more.

How do I fix CVE-2023-21654?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2023-21654 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21654 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware

• CVE-2019-14045 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Mobile Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-14911 Auth bypass in Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Automobile Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-11126 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking Critical 9.1
• CVE-2022-33243 Improper access control in Qualcomm IPC High 8.4
• CVE-2022-22063 Memory corruption in Core High 8.4

All Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as 3257860, A-240605080, GHSA-7xgm-mmjm-x822, PUB-A-240605080.