CVE-2024-23357 NULL Pointer Dereference in HLOS

Medium 6.2 Published Updated

A null pointer dereference in Qualcomm Snapdragon HLOS allows a transient denial of service when importing a malformed PKCS#8 RSA key.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-23357?

CVE-2024-23357 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, published on 5 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Transient DOS while importing a PKCS#8-encoded RSA key with zero bytes modulus.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23357?

It affects 242 products.

Products include Qualcomm 215 Mobile Platform Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8037 Firmware, Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6620 Firmware and 236 more.

How do I fix CVE-2024-23357?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23357 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-23357 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23357 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pf2q-6c5m-pvcj.

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