CVE-2022-22071: Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2023-12-05
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-06-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Possible use after free when process shell memory is freed using IOCTL munmap call and process initialization is in progress in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music

Affected products

Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ar8031 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Csra6620 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Csra6640 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Msm8953 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6174A Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6390 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6391 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6426 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6436 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6574 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6574A Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6574Au Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6595Au Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6696 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca8081 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca8337 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca9377 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qcm2290 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qcm4290 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qcm6490 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qcs2290 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qcs405 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qcs410 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qcs4290 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qcs610 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qcs6490 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qrb5165 Firmware: all versions

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