CVE-2023-21642
Improper Access Control in HAB Memory Management
Memory corruption in HAB Memory management due to broad system privileges via physical address.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper Access Control in HAB Memory Management
Memory corruption in HAB Memory management due to broad system privileges via physical address.
- Record
CVE-2023-21642- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-25809
Memory corruption in HAB Memory management due to broad system privileges via physical address.
- Record
EUVD-2023-25809- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xrgv-hghj-6jpj
Memory corruption in HAB Memory management due to broad system privileges via physical address.
Memory corruption in HAB Memory management due to broad system privileges via physical address.
- Record
GHSA-xrgv-hghj-6jpj- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Memory corruption in HAB Memory management due to broad system privileges via physical address.
- Record
CVE-2023-21642- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- qualcomm qam8295p firmware
- qualcomm qca6574au firmware
- qualcomm qca6696 firmware
- qualcomm sa6145p firmware
- qualcomm sa6150p firmware
- qualcomm sa6155p firmware
- qualcomm sa8145p firmware
- qualcomm sa8150p firmware
- qualcomm sa8155p firmware
- qualcomm sa8195p firmware
- qualcomm sa8295p firmware
- qualcomm sa8540p firmware
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History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-21642 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.4) in Qualcomm Qam8295p Firmware, published May 2, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.10%, the 0th percentile. No source names a fixed version.