CVE-2022-40539
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 Android OS due to improper validation of array index.
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 Android OS stemming from improper validation of array index values, allowing out-of-bounds memory access.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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 chipset modelCheck the device or system documentation, or run a command to query the chipset information (e.g., `cat /proc/cpuinfo` or check boot logs for mentions of Qam8295p, Qca6574au, Qca6696, Qcc5100, Qcs410, Qcs610, Sa6145p, or Sa6150p)Affected if The chipset model matches any of: Qam8295p, Qca6574au, Qca6696, Qcc5100, Qcs410, Qcs610, Sa6145p, or Sa6150p
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Confirm Automotive Android OS contextVerify the device runs an Automotive Android OS variant (check system properties via `getprop` or review device specifications for automotive infotainment or telematics)Affected if The system is confirmed to be running Automotive Android OS
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Locate firmware version informationQuery the firmware or bootloader version through available diagnostic interfaces, Android system properties (`getprop ro.build.version.firmware`), or vendor-specific toolsAffected if A firmware version is returned for any of the affected chipset models listed above
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Verify affected product rangeCompare the identified chipset and firmware version against the affected products list; note that all firmware versions for each listed chipset are affectedAffected if The chipset is any of Qam8295p, Qca6574au, Qca6696, Qcc5100, Qcs410, Qcs610, Sa6145p, or Sa6150p regardless of version number
If the system uses any of the listed Qualcomm chipsets (Qam8295p, Qca6574au, Qca6696, Qcc5100, Qcs410, Qcs610, Sa6145p, Sa6150p) on Automotive Android OS, the vulnerability is present because all firmware versions for these products are affected.
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 dataImplement proper bounds checking before array index usage to prevent out-of-bounds memory access; apply patch via Android security update when available.
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- Review / QA6.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-40539 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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