CVE-2024-45561 Use After Free in Windows WLAN Host
A use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon WLAN host allows local attackers to execute arbitrary 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-2024-45561?
CVE-2024-45561 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, published on 3 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory corruption while handling IOCTL call from user-space to set latency level.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45561?
It affects 32 products.
Products include Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6200 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6800 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware and 26 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-45561?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45561 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-2024-45561 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45561 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware
- CVE-2025-21479 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Incorrect Authorization
- CVE-2025-21480 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Incorrect Authorization
- CVE-2023-28562 Buffer Copy Without Checking Size of Input in QESL
- CVE-2022-40514 Buffer copy without checking size of input in WLAN Firmware
- CVE-2022-22096 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g9j4-5rrw-7gvr.