CVE-2024-45579 Improper Input Validation in Camera Driver
A local attacker can trigger memory corruption in the camera driver via IOCTL calls, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation on Snapdragon devices.
- 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-2024-45579?
CVE-2024-45579 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, published on 6 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory corruption may occur when invoking IOCTL calls from userspace to the camera kernel driver to dump request information, due to a missing memory requirement check.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45579?
It affects 10 products.
Products include Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Sdm429w Firmware, Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 Mobile Firmware, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mobile Firmware, Qualcomm Wcd9380 Firmware and 4 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-45579?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45579 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-45579 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45579 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v5fc-cqrv-w647.