Modem service interruption via DTLS buffer over-read
Published Jan 2, 2024 · Updated Jun 3, 2025
Buffer over-read in Qualcomm Snapdragon Data Modem allows remote attackers to interrupt modem service through a crafted DTLS handshake. Qualcomm identifies the locus only as the Data Modem during DTLS handshaking and does not disclose the specific routine or unchecked length operation. Network access is sufficient, with no privileges or user interaction, and the documented consequence is a transient service interruption rather than data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Buffer over-read in Qualcomm Snapdragon Data Modem allows remote attackers to interrupt modem service through a crafted DTLS handshake. Qualcomm identifies the locus only as the Data Modem during DTLS handshaking and does not disclose the specific routine or unchecked length operation. Network access is sufficient, with no privileges or user interaction, and the documented consequence is a transient service interruption rather than data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-33040
- Published
- Jan 2, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Qualcomm
- Product
- Snapdragon
- Classifications
- CWE-126, T1642
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 2, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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