Threats / Qualcomm / CVE-2024-43047
CVE-2024-43047
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets vulnerability
Multiple Qualcomm chipsets contain a use-after-free vulnerability in DSP Services memory management, enabling code execution through memory corruption.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A use-after-free flaw in Qualcomm chipset DSP Services allows attackers to corrupt memory and achieve code execution. Active exploitation in the wild increases risk despite low EPSS score.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
11 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-10-08).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.00673 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Qualcomm, Multiple Chipsets . Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-416 Use After Free — weakness family: Memory safety.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious input that triggers improper memory deallocation in DSP Services HLOS memory map handling.
Business
Attackers gain arbitrary code execution on the device baseband processor, bypassing security controls.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I exploit the freed memory region to overwrite critical DSP data structures or inject executable code.
Business
Device integrity is compromised; attackers can intercept communications, persist malware, or escalate privileges to the application processor.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I leverage baseband-level access to establish a persistent foothold independent of OS-level defenses.
Business
Remediation becomes difficult; standard patching and security updates may not fully restore device trustworthiness.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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