Actively exploited in the wild. This CVE is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list — treat remediation as urgent. Federal remediation due by 29 Oct 2024.
Fastconnect 6700 FirmwareOperating system · Qualcomm

CVE-2024-43047

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-10-07
Patch available
A vendor patch is available. No clean upgrade release — apply the published patch.
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96/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
In the wild Zero-click Patch available

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 · unedited
Memory corruption while maintaining memory maps of HLOS memory.

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 · low confidence

Insufficient information available. The CVE description indicates memory corruption related to memory map maintenance for HLOS (High-Level Operating System) memory, but no specific affected products, versions, vulnerability type, or exploitation details are provided.

MitigationUnable to provide specific mitigation guidance without knowing affected products and versions. General practice: apply vendor-provided security patches when available.

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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 data
Fastconnect 6700 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions
Fastconnect 6800 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions
Fastconnect 6900 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions
Fastconnect 7800 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions
Qam8295p FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions
Qca6174a FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions
Qca6391 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions
Qca6426 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify Qualcomm wireless component
    Check system hardware info or wireless adapter details to determine if a Qualcomm Fastconnect (6700/6800/6900/7800) or Qca (6174a/6391/6426/8295p) wireless adapter is present. This can be done via lspci, nmcli, or system firmware tables.
    Affected if Any of the listed Qualcomm Fastconnect or Qca components are present on the system
  2. Check firmware version of Qualcomm component
    Use vendor-specific tools (such as ethtool -i, nvram tool, or device-specific firmware query utilities) to retrieve the currently installed firmware version for the Qualcomm adapter.
    Affected if The firmware version matches any of the affected product names (Fastconnect 6700/6800/6900/7800, Qca6174a, Qca6391, Qca6426, Qam8295p)
  3. Verify HLOS memory map component is active
    Check if the wireless firmware is loaded and operational. This may involve checking system logs, firmware loading status, or driver state to confirm the memory map component is in use.
    Affected if The Qualcomm wireless firmware is actively loaded and the HLOS memory map component is initialized

If any of the listed Qualcomm Fastconnect or Qca firmware components are present and loaded on the system, the environment is affected since all versions of these products are vulnerable.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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 data
Patch available Apply the vendor patch
Vendor patch docs.qualcomm.com →
Interim mitigation

Unable to provide specific mitigation guidance without knowing affected products and versions. General practice: apply vendor-provided security patches when available.

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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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