Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-33029

High

Published: 03 October 2023

Published
03 October 2023
Modified
11 August 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0006 19.1th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-33029 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 19.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Memory corruption in DSP Service during a remote call from HLOS to DSP.

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

qualcomm
ar8035 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
csra6620 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
csra6640 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wcn3991 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wcn3998 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wcn6750 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wcn685x-5 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wcn685x-1 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wcn785x-1 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wcn785x-5 firmware
all versions
+122 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.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References