CVE-2023-22668 Use After Free in Audio
A use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon audio drivers allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via user-space IOCTL calls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-22668?
CVE-2023-22668 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, published on 5 Dec 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 while invoking IOCTLs calls from the user-space.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22668?
It affects 56 products.
Products include Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6200 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6800 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware and 50 more.
How do I fix CVE-2023-22668?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2023-22668 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22668 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 3347522, A-276762552, GHSA-2h9x-7qvf-96j8, PUB-A-276762552.