CVE-2024-43055
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 while processing camera use case IOCTL call.
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 camera driver IOCTL handler allowing local privilege escalation or code execution in kernel/driver context.
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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 Qualcomm hardware in the systemRun commands to enumerate PCI/USB devices or check system information for Qualcomm components such as Snapdragon processors, Fastconnect Wi-Fi chips, Wcd9380 audio codec, or Sdm/Sxr series chipsets. On Linux: 'lspci -v' or 'lsusb'; on Windows: check Device Manager or run 'wmic baseboard get product,manufacturer'Affected if The system contains any of the listed affected products: Fastconnect 6900/7800, Sdm429w, Snapdragon 429, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Sxr2230p, Sxr2250p, or Wcd9380
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Determine camera driver IOCTL handler presenceCheck if a camera driver from the affected Qualcomm components is loaded. On Linux: 'lsmod | grep -i camera' or 'v4l2-ctl --list-devices'; on Windows: check Device Manager under 'Imaging devices' or 'Sound, video and game controllers' for Qualcomm camera/audio devicesAffected if A Qualcomm camera driver or Wcd9380 audio driver is loaded and active in the system
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Verify IOCTL interface accessibilityCheck if the camera driver IOCTL interface is exposed. On Linux: inspect /dev/video* nodes and their permissions with 'ls -la /dev/video*'; verify if non-privileged users can access video devicesAffected if The IOCTL handler is accessible to local users without elevated privileges, allowing them to send IOCTL commands to the driver
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Check firmware version of affected componentQuery the firmware version through vendor-specific tools or system interfaces. For Fastconnect: check 'iw list' or firmware files in /lib/firmware/qcom/; for Snapdragon/Wcd: use 'cat /sys/class/devcoredump/devcoredump0/data' or vendor diagnostic tools if availableAffected if The firmware version matches an affected product listed (all versions of the specified products are affected)
A system is affected if it contains any of the listed Qualcomm components (Fastconnect 6900/7800, Sdm429w, Snapdragon 429, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Sxr2230p, Sxr2250p, or Wcd9380) with a camera or related driver loaded and the IOCTL handler is accessible locally.
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 patches for affected camera drivers; prioritize systems with direct camera hardware access.
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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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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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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