# CVE-2024-49848: Use After Free in DSP Service

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the DSP service allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via malicious IOCTL calls.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 7 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** 3908517, A-388048362, ASB-A-388048362, GHSA-3pq5-82wc-xqgh

## What is CVE-2024-49848?

CVE-2024-49848 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, published on 7 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Memory corruption while processing multiple IOCTL calls from HLOS to DSP.

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49848?

It affects 147 products.


Products: Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6200 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8255p Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8295p Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8620p Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8650p Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8775p Firmware, Qualcomm Qamsrv1h Firmware, Qualcomm Qamsrv1m Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6174a Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6391 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6574 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6574a Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6574au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6584au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6595 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6595au Firmware and 127 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49848?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-49848 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware

- [CVE-2023-33106](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33106/): Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use of Out-of-Range Pointer Offset (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-45569](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45569/): Improper Validation of Array Index in WLAN Host Communication (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-21473](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21473/): Improper Input Validation in WIN SON (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-28582](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28582/): Buffer Copy Without Checking Size of Input in Data Modem (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-43552](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43552/): Use After Free in WLAN Host Communication (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49848 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49848 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, published on 7 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49848/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49848/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49848
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49848
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49848

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49848/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.