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Vulnerability · CVE-2022-22071

Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Published Jun 14, 2022 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets

Patch now

CVE-2022-22071 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Dec 26, 2023. Confirm Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.41%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe qualcomm/apq8053 firmware · cpe qualcomm/ar8031 firmware · cpe qualcomm/ar8035 firmware · cpe qualcomm/csra6620 firmware · cpe qualcomm/csra6640 firmware · cpe qualcomm/mdm9150 firmware

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

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe qualcomm/apq8053 firmwareversion unspecified
  • cpe qualcomm/ar8031 firmwareversion unspecified
  • cpe qualcomm/ar8035 firmwareversion unspecified
  • cpe qualcomm/csra6620 firmwareversion unspecified
  • cpe qualcomm/csra6640 firmwareversion unspecified
  • cpe qualcomm/mdm9150 firmwareversion unspecified
  • cpe qualcomm/msm8953 firmwareversion unspecified
  • cpe qualcomm/qca6174a firmwareversion unspecified
  • cpe qualcomm/qca6390 firmwareversion unspecified
  • cpe qualcomm/qca6391 firmwareversion unspecified
  • cpe qualcomm/qca6426 firmwareversion unspecified
  • cpe qualcomm/qca6436 firmwareversion unspecified
  • vendor Qualcomm Multiple Chipsetsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-22071

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-22071 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Dec 26, 2023. Confirm Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-416: Use After Free. EPSS 0.41%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 14, 2022 · Catalog

    Detected

    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

  2. Dec 5, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Dec 26, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-22071

    Multiple Qualcomm chipsets contain a use-after-free vulnerability when process shell memory is freed using IOCTL munmap call and process initialization is in progress.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-22071

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-22071

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-22071

    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 &

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-22071

    Multiple Qualcomm chipsets contain a use-after-free vulnerability when process shell memory is freed using IOCTL munmap call and process initialization is in progress.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.