CVE-2022-33282
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMemory corruption in Automotive Multimedia due to integer overflow to buffer overflow during IOCTL calls in video playback.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMemory corruption vulnerability in Automotive Multimedia systems where an integer overflow during IOCTL calls leads to a buffer overflow, allowing memory corruption during video playback operations.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the Qualcomm multimedia firmware modelRetrieve the firmware version information from the automotive head unit or multimedia system. This is typically available via system information settings, diagnostic ports, or by inspecting firmware release notes. Look for the specific chipset/model identifier such as Msm8996au, Qam8295p, Qca6574a, Qca6574au, Qca6584au, Qca6595, Qca6595au, or Qca6696.Affected if The firmware model matches any of the listed affected products (Msm8996au, Qam8295p, Qca6574a, Qca6574au, Qca6584au, Qca6595, Qca6595au, or Qca6696)
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Confirm the firmware version is unpatchedCompare the installed firmware version against any vendor-released security patches for CVE-2022-33282. Check Qualcomm's security bulletins or the automotive vendor's release notes for patch version information.Affected if No vendor security patch for CVE-2022-33282 has been applied to the firmware
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Verify automotive multimedia IOCTL interface is accessibleDetermine whether the IOCTL (Input/Output Control) interface for video playback operations is enabled and accessible on the system. This may require access to diagnostic tools, kernel logs, or system configuration that exposes the multimedia driver interface.Affected if The IOCTL interface for video playback operations is exposed or enabled on the system
The system is affected if it runs any of the listed affected Qualcomm firmware versions (all versions are vulnerable) and the automotive multimedia IOCTL video playback functionality is accessible on the device.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-provided patches for automotive multimedia firmware/drivers; implement proper integer overflow checks and bounds validation in IOCTL handlers before memory allocation.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-33282 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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