CVE-2024-33059 Use After Free in Computer Vision

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

A use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon computer vision allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via IOCTL calls.

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

What is CVE-2024-33059?

CVE-2024-33059 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, published on 6 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory corruption while processing frame command IOCTL calls.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33059?

It affects 16 products.

Products include Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcm8550 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs8550 Firmware, Qualcomm Sg8275p Firmware, Qualcomm Sm8550p Firmware and 10 more.

How do I fix CVE-2024-33059?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33059 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2024-33059 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33059 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p93q-wj5g-6w29.

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