# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gx6r-6gqm-9h5g

## 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 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43061?

It affects 30 products.


Products: Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8295p Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6574au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6696 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca9367 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca9377 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs8550 Firmware, Qualcomm Sa6145p Firmware, Qualcomm Sa6150p Firmware, Qualcomm Sa6155p Firmware, Qualcomm Sa8145p Firmware, Qualcomm Sa8150p Firmware, Qualcomm Sa8155p Firmware, Qualcomm Sa8195p Firmware, Qualcomm Sa8295p Firmware, Qualcomm Sa8530p Firmware, Qualcomm Sa8540p Firmware, Qualcomm Sa9000p Firmware, Qualcomm Sdm429w Firmware and 10 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2024-38399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38399/): Use After Free in Graphics (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2024-21472](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21472/): Use After Free in Kernel (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2025-47405](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47405/): Untrusted Pointer Dereference in Camera (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-47358](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47358/): Use After Free in Secure Processor (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-47350](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47350/): Use After Free in DSP Service (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-43061 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43061/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43061/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43061
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43061
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43061

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43061/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.