CVE-2024-45540 Use After Free in HLOS
A use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon HLOS allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via IOCTL requests.
- 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-2024-45540?
CVE-2024-45540 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm C-V2x 9150 Firmware, published on 7 Apr 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 map buffer request from userspace.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45540?
It affects 68 products.
Products include Qualcomm C-V2x 9150 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6200 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6800 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8295p Firmware and 62 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-45540?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45540 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-2024-45540 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45540 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm C-V2x 9150 Firmware
- CVE-2024-45564 Use After Free in HLOS
- CVE-2024-43067 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Camera
- CVE-2024-38418 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Camera Linux
- CVE-2024-21453 Improper Input Validation in Automotive Telematics
- CVE-2024-21452 Improper Input Validation in Automotive Telematics
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wrqq-6949-75w5.