# Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free · pwn.watch

> Multiple Qualcomm chipsets contain a use-after-free vulnerability due to memory corruption in DSP Services while maintaining memory maps of HLOS memory. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-10-08.

Page: https://pwn.watch/i/qualcomm-multiple-chipsets-cve-2024-43047 · generated 2026-10-23T04:59:28.006Z

## Status
- Severity: high · status: closed · patch: patched
- Product: Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets
- Started: 2024-10-07 · closed: 2024-10-08
- CVEs: CVE-2024-43047
- Affected: See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)
- Fixed in: See vendor advisory linked in sources

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## Updates (newest first)
- 2024-10-08: CISA added CVE-2024-43047 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-29) (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog)
- 2024-10-07: CVE-2024-43047 published (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43047)

## Fix brief
# Security brief: Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free

Source: https://pwn.watch/i/qualcomm-multiple-chipsets-cve-2024-43047 · status: closed (closed Oct 8, 2024) · severity: high · updated Oct 8, 2024

## Patch status
**PATCHED: fixed releases exist. Upgrade to a fixed version.**

## What it is
Multiple Qualcomm chipsets contain a use-after-free vulnerability due to memory corruption in DSP Services while maintaining memory maps of HLOS memory. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-10-08.

Severity detail: CVSS 7.8 (v3.1, CNA), actively exploited (CISA KEV)

- Product: Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets
- CVE / advisory ids: CVE-2024-43047

## Affected versions
- See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)

## Check whether you're affected
No generic command applies (the product is a hosted service, appliance or desktop app). Check the installed version in its admin UI / About screen and compare with the versions above.

## Fix
Upgrade to one of these fixed versions (or later on the same branch):
- See vendor advisory linked in sources

After upgrading, re-run the checks above and redeploy/restart the affected services.

## Latest updates
- Oct 8, 2024: CISA added CVE-2024-43047 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-29)
- Oct 7, 2024: CVE-2024-43047 published

## Advisories
- [Qualcomm advisory: CVE-2024-43047](https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/la/platform/vendor/qcom/opensource/dsp-kernel/-/commit/0e27b6c7d2bd8d0453e4465ac2ca49a8f8c440e2) (Qualcomm)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-43047](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43047) (NVD)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) (CISA)

## Caveats
Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).

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