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CVE-2022-22071

Snapdragon Auto

Qualcomm / Snapdragon Auto · APQ8053, AR8031, AR8035, CSRA6620, CSRA6640, MDM9150, MSM8953, QCA6174A, QCA6390, QCA6391, QCA6426, QCA6436, QCA6574, QCA6574A, QCA6574AU, QCA6595AU, QCA6696, QCA8081, QCA8337, QCA9377, QCM2290, QCM4290, QCM6490, QCS2290, QCS405, QCS410, QCS4290, QCS610, QCS6490, QRB5165, QRB5165M, QRB5165N, Qualcomm215, SA6155P, SA8155P, SA8195P, SD439, SD460, SD480, SD662, SD680, SD690 5G, SD695, SD750G, SD765, SD765G, SD768G, SD778G, SD780G, SD855, SD865 5G, SD870, SD888 5G, SDX12, SDX55, SDX55M, SDX65, SDXR2 5G, SM4125, SM7250P, SM7325P, WCD9326, WCD9335, WCD9341, WCD9370, WCD9375, WCD9380, WCD9385, WCN3615, WCN3660B, WCN3680B, WCN3910, WCN3950, WCN3980, WCN3988, WCN3991, WCN3998, WCN3999, WCN6740, WCN6750, WCN6850, WCN6851, WCN6855, WCN6856, WCN7850, WCN7851, WSA8810, WSA8815, WSA8830, WSA8835

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Severity
CVSS 8.4 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
0.5%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

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What it is

CVE-2022-22071 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto and 6 other products. Possible use after free when process shell memory is freed using IOCTL munmap call and process...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

Qualcomm, Inc. / Snapdragon Auto apq8053, ar8031, ar8035, csra6620, csra6640, mdm9150, msm8953, qca6174a, qca6390, qca6391, qca6426, qca6436, qca6574, qca6574a, qca6574au, qca6595au, qca6696, qca8081, qca8337, qca9377, qcm2290, qcm4290, qcm6490, qcs2290, qcs405, qcs410, qcs4290, qcs610, qcs6490, qrb5165, qrb5165m, qrb5165n, qualcomm215, sa6155p, sa8155p, sa8195p, sd439, sd460, sd480, sd662, sd680, sd690 5g, sd695, sd750g, sd765, sd765g, sd768g, sd778g, sd780g, sd855, sd865 5g, sd870, sd888 5g, sdx12, sdx55, sdx55m, sdx65, sdxr2 5g, sm4125, sm7250p, sm7325p, wcd9326, wcd9335, wcd9341, wcd9370, wcd9375, wcd9380, wcd9385, wcn3615, wcn3660b, wcn3680b, wcn3910, wcn3950, wcn3980, wcn3988, wcn3991, wcn3998, wcn3999, wcn6740, wcn6750, wcn6850, wcn6851, wcn6855, wcn6856, wcn7850, wcn7851, wsa8810, wsa8815, wsa8830, wsa8835.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Snapdragon Auto

Possible use after free when process shell memory is freed using IOCTL munmap call and process initialization is in progress in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music

Vendor Product Affected Status
Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music APQ8053, AR8031, AR8035, CSRA6620, CSRA6640, MDM9150, MSM8953, QCA6174A, QCA6390, QCA6391, QCA6426, QCA6436, QCA6574, QCA6574A, QCA6574AU, QCA6595AU, QCA6696, QCA8081, QCA8337, QCA9377, QCM2290, QCM4290, QCM6490, QCS2290, QCS405, QCS410, QCS4290, QCS610, QCS6490, QRB5165, QRB5165M, QRB5165N, Qualcomm215, SA6155P, SA8155P, SA8195P, SD439, SD460, SD480, SD662, SD680, SD690 5G, SD695, SD750G, SD765, SD765G, SD768G, SD778G, SD780G, SD855, SD865 5G, SD870, SD888 5G, SDX12, SDX55, SDX55M, SDX65, SDXR2 5G, SM4125, SM7250P, SM7325P, WCD9326, WCD9335, WCD9341, WCD9370, WCD9375, WCD9380, WCD9385, WCN3615, WCN3660B, WCN3680B, WCN3910, WCN3950, WCN3980, WCN3988, WCN3991, WCN3998, WCN3999, WCN6740, WCN6750, WCN6850, WCN6851, WCN6855, WCN6856, WCN7850, WCN7851, WSA8810, WSA8815, WSA8830, WSA8835 Affected
Published
14 Jun 2022
Exploitation Reported
05 Dec 2023
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

cisa

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 05 Dec 2023

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2023-12-05 00:00 UTC

Detection

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Observed signals

Request targets
0
User-Agents
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

No KEV Intelligence virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.5%

Weaknesses

Use After Free CWE-416

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  2. CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  3. CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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GET /api/v2/pro/kevs/CVE-2022-22071

Free JSON includes basic KEV fields 
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2022-22071",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 8.4,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.00455,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}

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