CVE-2024-43061 Use After Free in Audio
A use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon audio firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via voice activation.
- 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-2024-43061?
CVE-2024-43061 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 during voice activation, when sound model parameters are loaded from HLOS, and the received sound model list is empty in HLOS drive.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43061?
It affects 30 products.
Products include Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8295p Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6574au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6696 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca9367 Firmware and 24 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-43061?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43061 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-2024-43061 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43061 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gx6r-6gqm-9h5g.