CVE-2024-43047: Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 8 Oct 2024, 1 day after the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

0.7%

EPSS score, percentile 52 of all scored records

How severe?

7.8 High

CVSS v3.1 base score, given by the CNA

What should I do?

CISA deadline 29 Oct 2024. 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

• FastConnect 6700
• FastConnect 6800
• FastConnect 6900
• FastConnect 7800
• QAM8295P
• QCA6174A

and 6 more in the table below

Versions by product

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

CISA due date for this action: 29 October 2024.

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/platform/vendor/qcom/opensource/dsp-kernel/-/commit/0e27b6c7d2bd8d0453e4465ac2ca49a8f8c440e2
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43047

Affected products and versions

As listed in the CVE record.

Versions not listed are: unaffected.

And 52 more version entries in the CVE record.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

About this vulnerability

Multiple Qualcomm chipsets contain a use-after-free vulnerability due to memory corruption in DSP Services while maintaining memory maps of HLOS memory.

Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.

• CISA added CVE-2024-43047 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 8 Oct 2024.
• 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 29 Oct 2024.
• The CVE record was published on 7 Oct 2024, 1 day before it was added to KEV.
• The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (High), given by its CNA.
• FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.7% (percentile 52), 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 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Description

Use After Free in DSP Service

Memory corruption while maintaining memory maps of HLOS memory.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. 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

References

• docs.qualcomm.com

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