Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-33239

HighDDoS

Published: 15 November 2022

Published
15 November 2022
Modified
22 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0034 56.8th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-33239 is a high-severity Infinite Loop (CWE-835) vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 43.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Transient DOS due to loop with unreachable exit condition in WLAN firmware while parsing IPV6 extension header. in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music,…

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Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

qualcomm
apq8009 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8017 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8096au firmware
all versions
qualcomm
aqt1000 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
ar8031 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
ar8035 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
csr8811 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
csra6620 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
csra6640 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
csrb31024 firmware
all versions
+224 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-835

Enables transfer to alternate site if an infinite loop at the primary renders processing unavailable.

addresses: CWE-835

Detects and mitigates infinite loops that produce sustained resource consumption.

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