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CVE-2023-43540

Memory corruption while processing the IOCTL FM HCI WRITE request.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.11%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Memory corruption while processing the IOCTL FM HCI WRITE request.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.11% probability · 1th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-120, CWE-787
Affected
qualcomm/aqt1000 firmware · qualcomm/fastconnect 6200 firmware · qualcomm/fastconnect 6700 firmware · qualcomm/fastconnect 6800 firmware · qualcomm/fastconnect 6900 firmware · qualcomm/fastconnect 7800 firmware · qualcomm/qca6391 firmware · qualcomm/qca6420 firmware · qualcomm/qca6430 firmware · qualcomm/sc8380xp firmware · qualcomm/sm6250 firmware · qualcomm/snapdragon 7c compute firmware · qualcomm/snapdragon 7c gen 2 compute firmware · qualcomm/snapdragon 7c\+ gen 3 compute firmware · qualcomm/snapdragon 8c compute firmware · qualcomm/snapdragon 8cx compute firmware · qualcomm/snapdragon 8cx gen 2 5g firmware · qualcomm/snapdragon 8cx gen 3 firmware · qualcomm/wcd9340 firmware · qualcomm/wcd9341 firmware · +9 more
Source
product-security@qualcomm.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.11%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.