CVE-2024-33021 Use of Uninitialized Variable in Automotive GPU
An attacker can exploit uninitialized memory in the automotive GPU driver to achieve code execution or privilege escalation.
- 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-2024-33021?
CVE-2024-33021 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Ar8035 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
Memory corruption while processing IOCTL call to set metainfo.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33021?
It affects 138 products.
Products include Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6620 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6640 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6200 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware and 132 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-33021?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33021 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-33021 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33021 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware
- CVE-2023-33106 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use of Out-of-Range Pointer Offset
- CVE-2024-45569 Improper Validation of Array Index in WLAN Host Communication
- CVE-2024-21473 Improper Input Validation in WIN SON
- CVE-2023-28582 Buffer Copy Without Checking Size of Input in Data Modem
- CVE-2023-43552 Use After Free in WLAN Host Communication
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2rv8-p95w-9w54.