Memory corruption via untrusted ACPI pointer dereference
Published Feb 6, 2024 · Updated Jun 17, 2025
Memory corruption in Qualcomm Snapdragon Display software allows local users to read or alter memory or crash devices through ACPI configuration data. The user-mode application reads ACPI configuration data and dereferences a pointer sourced from that data without validating it. Exploitation requires local access but no prior privileges or user interaction, and can compromise data or interrupt the affected device.
Summary
What happened
Memory corruption in Qualcomm Snapdragon Display software allows local users to read or alter memory or crash devices through ACPI configuration data. The user-mode application reads ACPI configuration data and dereferences a pointer sourced from that data without validating it. Exploitation requires local access but no prior privileges or user interaction, and can compromise data or interrupt the affected device.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-43532
- Published
- Feb 6, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Qualcomm
- Product
- Snapdragon
- Classifications
- CWE-763, CWE-822, CAPEC-129
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 6, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=FastConnect 6700
- Affected versionversion=FastConnect 6900
- Affected versionversion=FastConnect 7800
- Affected versionversion=SC8380XP
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 Compute
- Affected versionversion=Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Compute Platform (SC8280XP-AB, BB)
- Affected versionversion=WCD9380
- Affected versionversion=WCD9385
- Affected versionversion=WSA8830
- Affected versionversion=WSA8835
- Affected versionversion=WSA8840
- Affected versionversion=WSA8845
- Affected versionversion=WSA8845H
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