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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2022-40538 json

Reachable assertion in Modem

published 2023-06-06 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-43813

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Transient DOS due to reachable assertion in modem while processing sib with incorrect values from network.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon
  • qualcomm ar8035_firmware
  • qualcomm fastconnect_6900_firmware
  • qualcomm fastconnect_7800_firmware
  • qualcomm qca8081_firmware
  • qualcomm qca8337_firmware
  • qualcomm qcn6024_firmware
  • qualcomm qcn9024_firmware
  • qualcomm qcs8550_firmware
  • qualcomm snapdragon_x65_5g_modem-rf_system_firmware
  • qualcomm snapdragon_x70_modem-rf_system_firmware
  • qualcomm wcd9380_firmware

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.