Transient denial of service via PPE buffer over-read
Published Nov 15, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2025
A buffer over-read in Qualcomm Snapdragon WLAN firmware allows remote attackers to cause a transient service interruption while processing a PPE threshold. PPE-threshold handling reads beyond the available input buffer because the firmware fails to enforce the buffer boundary before reading the threshold. Network reachability without prior authentication is sufficient, and the documented consequence is temporary WLAN service interruption rather than data access or code execution.
Summary
What happened
A buffer over-read in Qualcomm Snapdragon WLAN firmware allows remote attackers to cause a transient service interruption while processing a PPE threshold. PPE-threshold handling reads beyond the available input buffer because the firmware fails to enforce the buffer boundary before reading the threshold. Network reachability without prior authentication is sufficient, and the documented consequence is temporary WLAN service interruption rather than data access or code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-33237
- Published
- Nov 15, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 22, 2025
- Vendor
- Qualcomm
- Product
- Snapdragon
- Classifications
- CWE-125, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 15, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 22, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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