CVE-2023-21659 Buffer Over-read in WLAN Firmware
Attackers can cause a transient denial of service in Qualcomm Snapdragon WLAN firmware by sending frames with missing header fields.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-21659?
CVE-2023-21659 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Qualcomm 315 5g Iot Modem Firmware, published on 6 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Transient DOS in WLAN Firmware while processing frames with missing header fields.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21659?
It affects 270 products.
Products include Qualcomm 315 5g Iot Modem Firmware, Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar9380 Firmware, Qualcomm Csr8811 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6620 Firmware and 264 more.
How do I fix CVE-2023-21659?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-21659 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-21659 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21659 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2023-33063 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free
- CVE-2025-27034 Improper Validation of Array Index in Multi-Mode Call Processor
- CVE-2023-22388 Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in Multi-mode Call Processor
- CVE-2023-28578 Improper Input Validation in Services
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pggh-8r27-x766.