CVE-2024-49829 Buffer Copy Without Checking Size of Input (`Classic Buffer Overflow`) in Camera

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

A buffer overflow in Qualcomm Snapdragon camera firmware allows memory corruption during user dumps, potentially enabling code execution or privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-49829?

CVE-2024-49829 is a medium-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 can occur during context user dumps due to inadequate checks on buffer length.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49829?

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-2024-49829?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49829 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-2024-49829 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49829 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3cgm-fpj7-hf5p.

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