# CVE-2023-28551: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in UTILS

> Memory corruption in Qualcomm UTILS allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via crafted Diag commands.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-68vj-vr49-ppvw

## What is CVE-2023-28551?

CVE-2023-28551 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm 315 5g Iot Modem 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 UTILS when modem processes memory specific Diag commands having arbitrary address values as input arguments.

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write), CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28551?

It affects 248 products.


Products: Qualcomm 315 5g Iot Modem Firmware, Qualcomm 9205 Lte Modem Firmware, Qualcomm 9206 Lte Modem Firmware, Qualcomm 9207 Lte Modem Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8037 Firmware, Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm C-V2x 9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6620 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6640 Firmware, Qualcomm Csrb31024 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6200 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6800 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Fsm10055 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm8207 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9205s Firmware and 228 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-28551?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28551 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-28551 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28551 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm 315 5g Iot Modem Firmware

- [CVE-2023-33107](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33107/): Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Integer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-33063](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33063/): Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-27034](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27034/): Improper Validation of Array Index in Multi-Mode Call Processor (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-22388](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22388/): Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in Multi-mode Call Processor (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-28578](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28578/): Improper Input Validation in Services (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28551 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-28551 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm 315 5g Iot Modem Firmware, published on 5 Dec 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28551 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm 315 5g Iot Modem Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28551/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28551/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28551
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28551
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28551

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28551/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.