CVE-2024-49840 Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in WLAN Windows Host
Memory corruption in Qualcomm Snapdragon WLAN firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via malicious 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-2024-49840?
CVE-2024-49840 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 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 Invoking IOCTL calls from user-space to validate FIPS encryption or decryption functionality.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49840?
It affects 10 products.
Products include Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcc2073 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcc2076 Firmware, Qualcomm Sc8380xp Firmware, Qualcomm Wcd9380 Firmware and 4 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-49840?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49840 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-2024-49840 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49840 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wcp5-9f53-qpcq.