CVE-2024-38424 — Memory corruption during GNSS HAL process initialization

Memory corruption during GNSS HAL process initialization.

01What is this vulnerability?

Memory corruption during GNSS HAL process initialization.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Qualcomm, Inc.	Snapdragon	AR8035, FastConnect 6200, FastConnect 6700, FastConnect 6900, FastConnect 7800, QAM8255P, QAM8620P, QAM8650P, QAM8775P, QAMSRV1H, QAMSRV1M, QCA6174A, QCA6574, QCA6574A, QCA6574AU, QCA6584AU, QCA6595, QCA6595AU, QCA6688AQ, QCA6696, QCA6698AQ, QCA6797AQ, QCA8081, QCA8337, QCC710, QCM4325, QCM4490, QCM6125, QCM8550, QCN6224, QCN6274, QCS4490, QCS6125, QCS6490, QCS8550, QEP8111, QFW7114, QFW7124, Qualcomm Video Collaboration VC1 Platform, Qualcomm Video Collaboration VC3 Platform, SA6155P, SA7255P, SA7775P, SA8155P, SA8195P, SA8255P, SA8620P, SA8650P, SA8770P, SA8775P, SA9000P, SD 8 Gen1 5G, SDM429W, SG4150P, SG8275P, SM4635, SM8550P, SM8635, SM8750, SM8750P, Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Mobile Platform, Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Mobile Platform, Snapdragon 429 Mobile Platform, Snapdragon 460 Mobile Platform, Snapdragon 480 5G Mobile Platform, Snapdragon 480+ 5G Mobile Platform (SM4350-AC), Snapdragon 662 Mobile Platform, Snapdragon 680 4G Mobile Platform, Snapdragon 685 4G Mobile Platform (SM6225-AD), Snapdragon 695 5G Mobile Platform, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mobile Platform, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform, Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Mobile Platform, Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 Mobile Platform, Snapdragon Auto 5G Modem-RF Gen 2, Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 Wearable Platform, Snapdragon X35 5G Modem-RF System, Snapdragon X72 5G Modem-RF System, Snapdragon X75 5G Modem-RF System, SRV1H, SRV1L, SRV1M, SW5100, SW5100P, SXR2230P, SXR2250P, TalynPlus, Vision Intelligence 400 Platform, WCD9335, WCD9340, WCD9341, WCD9370, WCD9375, WCD9378, WCD9380, WCD9385, WCD9390, WCD9395, WCN3620, WCN3660B, WCN3950, WCN3980, WCN3988, WCN3990, WCN6740, WCN6755, WCN7860, WCN7861, WCN7880, WCN7881, WSA8810, WSA8815, WSA8830, WSA8832, WSA8835, WSA8840, WSA8845, WSA8845H

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-11-04T10:05:02.628Z
• Last modified: 2024-11-16T04:55:26.866Z

09References

• docs.qualcomm.com — https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/november-2024…