CVE-2024-49840
Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in WLAN Windows Host
Memory corruption while Invoking IOCTL calls from user-space to validate FIPS encryption or decryption functionality.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in WLAN Windows Host
Memory corruption while Invoking IOCTL calls from user-space to validate FIPS encryption or decryption functionality.
- Record
CVE-2024-49840- 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-823
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-43565
Memory corruption while Invoking IOCTL calls from user-space to validate FIPS encryption or decryption functionality.
- Record
EUVD-2024-43565- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wcp5-9f53-qpcq
Memory corruption while Invoking IOCTL calls from user-space to validate FIPS encryption or...
Memory corruption while Invoking IOCTL calls from user-space to validate FIPS encryption or decryption functionality.
- Record
GHSA-wcp5-9f53-qpcq- 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-119, CWE-823
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Memory corruption while Invoking IOCTL calls from user-space to validate FIPS encryption or decryption functionality.
- Record
CVE-2024-49840- 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-823, CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
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-2024-49840 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, published February 3, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.07%, the 0th percentile. No source names a fixed version.