CVE-2024-38411 Use After Free in Computer Vision
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Qualcomm Snapdragon kernel allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via IOCTL calls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-38411?
CVE-2024-38411 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, published on 3 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory corruption while registering a buffer from user-space to kernel-space using IOCTL calls.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38411?
It affects 18 products.
Products include Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcm8550 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs6490 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs8550 Firmware, Qualcomm Sg8275p Firmware and 12 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-38411?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38411 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-2024-38411 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38411 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-35vj-j37m-2rfx.