# CVE-2024-45548: Buffer Over-read in WLAN Windows Host

> A buffer over-read in Qualcomm Snapdragon WLAN host allows attackers to potentially execute code or escalate privileges via FIPS encryption IOCTL calls.

- **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:** 6 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 6 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hvg8-7678-v53j

## What is CVE-2024-45548?

CVE-2024-45548 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, published on 6 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Memory corruption while processing FIPS encryption or decryption validation functionality IOCTL call.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read), CWE-126 (Buffer Over-read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45548?

It affects 10 products.


Products: Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcc2073 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcc2076 Firmware, Qualcomm Sc8380xp Firmware, Qualcomm Wcd9380 Firmware, Qualcomm Wcd9385 Firmware, Qualcomm Wsa8840 Firmware, Qualcomm Wsa8845 Firmware, Qualcomm Wsa8845h Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45548?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45548 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45548 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45548 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-2024-45548 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45548 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, published on 6 Jan 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-2024-45548 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-2024-45548/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45548/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45548
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45548
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45548

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45548/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.