CVE-2024-33037: Buffer Over-read in Neural Processing Unit

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-12-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-126

Description

Information disclosure as NPU firmware can send invalid IPC message to NPU driver as the driver doesn`t validate the IPC message received from the firmware.

Affected products

Qualcomm C-V2X 9150 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Fastconnect 6800 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qam8295P Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6174A Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6391 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6426 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6436 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6574Au Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6696 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca8337 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qcn9074 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qcs410 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qcs610 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qsm8250 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sa6145P Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sa6150P Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sa6155P Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sa8145P Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sa8150P Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sa8155P Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sa8195P Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sa8295P Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sa8530P Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sa8540P Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sa9000P Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd865 5G Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sdx55 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ 5G Mobile Platform Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G Mobile Platform Firmware: all versions

References

https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/december-2024-bulletin.html

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