Memory corruption via oversized Bluetooth PIN reply
Published Dec 5, 2023 · Updated May 29, 2025
Buffer overflow in Qualcomm Snapdragon Bluetooth HOST allows local users to corrupt memory through an oversized application PIN reply. The pin_reply function in btif/src/bluetooth.cc copies pin_len bytes into a fixed-size bt_pin_code_t buffer without first rejecting lengths above PIN_CODE_LEN. No privileges or user interaction are required, but an attacker must locally reach the application-layer PIN reply path to corrupt Bluetooth HOST memory.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in Qualcomm Snapdragon Bluetooth HOST allows local users to corrupt memory through an oversized application PIN reply. The pin_reply function in btif/src/bluetooth.cc copies pin_len bytes into a fixed-size bt_pin_code_t buffer without first rejecting lengths above PIN_CODE_LEN. No privileges or user interaction are required, but an attacker must locally reach the application-layer PIN reply path to corrupt Bluetooth HOST memory.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-33092
- Published
- Dec 5, 2023
- Updated
- May 29, 2025
- Vendor
- Qualcomm
- Product
- Snapdragon
- Classifications
- CWE-119, CWE-120
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 5, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=Qualcomm 215 Mobile Platform
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- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 460 Mobile Platform
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 480 5G Mobile Platform
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 480+ 5G Mobile Platform (SM4350-AC)
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Mobile Platform
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- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 662 Mobile Platform
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- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 685 4G Mobile Platform (SM6225-AD)
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 690 5G Mobile Platform
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- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 720G Mobile Platform
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- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 730 Mobile Platform (SM7150-AA)
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- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 782G Mobile Platform (SM7325-AF)
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 Compute
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- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 855+/860 Mobile Platform (SM8150-AC)
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 865 5G Mobile Platform
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 865+ 5G Mobile Platform (SM8250-AB)
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 870 5G Mobile Platform (SM8250-AC)
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 888+ 5G Mobile Platform (SM8350-AC)
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mobile Platform
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 Mobile Platform
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System
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