CVE-2024-38419 Use After Free in Automotive GPU

High 7.8 Published Updated

A use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon GPU drivers 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-2024-38419?

CVE-2024-38419 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, published on 4 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory corruption while invoking IOCTL calls from the use-space for HGSL memory node.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38419?

It affects 148 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 142 more.

How do I fix CVE-2024-38419?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38419 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-2024-38419 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38419 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xch5-v6mf-cvxj.

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