CVE-2024-43059 Use After Free in Automotive Multimedia
A use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon automotive multimedia allows attackers to execute 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-2024-43059?
CVE-2024-43059 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, published on 3 Mar 2025. 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-2024-43059?
It affects 20 products.
Products include Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8255p Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8775p Firmware, Qualcomm Sa8255p Firmware, Qualcomm Sa8770p Firmware and 14 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-43059?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43059 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-2024-43059 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43059 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-92vg-px9c-73fc.