# CVE-2023-33119: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Hypervisor

> A race condition in the Qualcomm Snapdragon hypervisor allows memory corruption and potential code execution when loading signed VM images.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 May 2024
- **Updated:** 16 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8rqf-8g2h-r7c2

## What is CVE-2023-33119?

CVE-2023-33119 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, published on 6 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Memory corruption while loading a VM from a signed VM image that is not coherent in the processor cache.

Weakness: CWE-367 (Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-33119?

It affects 161 products.


Products: Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6200 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6800 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8255p Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8295p Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8650p Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8775p Firmware, Qualcomm Qamsrv1h Firmware, Qualcomm Qamsrv1m Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6174a Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6310 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6320 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6335 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6391 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6420 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6421 Firmware and 141 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-33119?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-33119 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-33119 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-33119 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware

- [CVE-2025-21479](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21479/): Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Incorrect Authorization (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-21480](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21480/): Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Incorrect Authorization (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-28562](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28562/): Buffer Copy Without Checking Size of Input in QESL (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-40514](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40514/): Buffer copy without checking size of input in WLAN Firmware (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-22096](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22096/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-33119 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-33119 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, published on 6 May 2024. 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-2023-33119 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Aqt1000 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-2023-33119/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33119/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-33119
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33119
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-33119

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33119/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.