CVE-2024-49842 Improper Access Control in Hypervisor
An attacker can exploit improper access control in the Qualcomm Snapdragon hypervisor to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.
- 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-2024-49842?
CVE-2024-49842 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 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 during memory mapping into protected VM address space due to incorrect API restrictions.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49842?
It affects 179 products.
Products include Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6200 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6800 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware and 173 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-49842?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49842 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-2024-49842 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49842 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-8783-7cx8-6rjp.