CVE-2022-22071: Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on , 539 days after the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 0.4%
EPSS score, percentile 35.2 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 8.4 High
CVSS v3.1 base score, given by the CNA
- What should I do?
CISA deadline . Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
- Which versions are affected?
Affected
- APQ8053, AR8031, AR8035, CSRA6620, CSRA6640, MDM9150, MSM8953, QCA6174A, QCA639…
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by CISA
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
CISA due date for this action: .
Advisories and patches
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
- https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/la/kernel/msm-5.4/-/commit/586840fde350d7b8563df9889c8ce397e2c20dda
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22071
Affected products and versions
As listed in the CVE record.
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | APQ8053, AR8031, AR8035, CSRA6620, CSRA6640, MDM9150, MSM8953, QCA6174A, QCA639… |
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
About this vulnerability
Multiple Qualcomm chipsets contain a use-after-free vulnerability when process shell memory is freed using IOCTL munmap call and process initialization is in progress.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of .
- CISA added CVE-2022-22071 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 5 Dec 2023.
- CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 26 Dec 2023.
- The CVE record was published on 14 Jun 2022, 539 days before it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.4 (High), given by its CNA.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.4% (percentile 35.2), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of . About the data.
Description
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
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
Weakness
- CWE-416: Use After Free
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.
Timeline
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References
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