Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-49833

Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware

Published
03 February 2025
Modified
05 February 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0010 1th percentile
Risk Priority 54 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-49833 is a high-severity Improper Validation of Array Index (CWE-129) vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2024-49833 is a memory corruption vulnerability (CWE-129) in the camera component of Qualcomm products, triggered when an invalid Camera ID (CID) is used. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The issue stems from improper validation leading to memory corruption.

A local attacker with low privileges, such as a standard user on the affected system, can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation could allow arbitrary code execution, data tampering, or system crashes within the camera subsystem's scope, potentially compromising the device.

Qualcomm has published a security bulletin detailing the vulnerability and associated patches: https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/february-2025-bulletin.html. Security practitioners should apply the recommended updates from the February 2025 bulletin to mitigate the risk.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Memory corruption can occur in the camera when an invalid CID is used.

CWE(s)
CWE-129

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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T1211 Exploitation for Stealth Stealth
Adversaries may exploit vulnerabilities to evade detection by hiding activity, suppressing logging, or operating within trusted or unmonitored components.
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T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2024-53014Same product: Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700
CVE-2026-25276Same product: Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700
CVE-2024-49832Same product: Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900
CVE-2024-49836Same product: Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900
CVE-2025-47393Same product: Qualcomm Qam8255P
CVE-2023-33111Same product: Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700

Affected Assets

qualcomm
fastconnect 6700 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
fastconnect 6900 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
fastconnect 7800 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qam8255p firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qam8650p firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qam8775p firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qamsrv1h firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qamsrv1m firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6595 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6595au firmware
all versions
+70 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and bounds checking that prevent improper array indexing.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development can detect out-of-bounds array access but does not prevent the weakness by itself.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and bounds checking that directly prevents improper array indexing.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements include validation of untrusted input used for indexing or addressing memory structures.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles encourage defensive coding patterns that reduce index-related vulnerabilities.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly require bounds checking and validation of array indices derived from untrusted data.

References