CVE-2022-25722 [Medium] | Use-After-Free in Apq8096au Firmware

CVE-2022-25722 is rated Low Risk (27.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-04-05	0.08%	0.04%	-0.05%
2	2026-01-10	0.04%	0.08%	+0.04%
3	2023-03-07	—	0.04%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-04-05

0.08%

0.04%

-0.05%

2026-01-10

0.04%

0.08%

+0.04%

2023-03-07

—

0.04%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
6.0	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:H) They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	0.8	5.2	[email protected]
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

6.0

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H): They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

0.8

5.2

[email protected]

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-25722

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
qualcomm	apq8096au_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8096au_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ar9380_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ar9380_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	csr8811_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:csr8811_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq4018_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq4018_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq4019_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq4019_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq4028_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq4028_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq4029_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq4029_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq5010_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq5010_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq5018_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq5018_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq5028_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq5028_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq6010_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq6010_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq6018_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq6018_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq6028_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq6028_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq8064_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8064_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq8065_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8065_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq8068_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8068_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq8070_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8070_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq8070a_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8070a_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq8071a_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8071a_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq8072a_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8072a_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq8074a_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8074a_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq8076_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8076_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq8076a_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8076a_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq8078_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8078_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq8078a_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8078a_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq8173_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8173_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ipq8174_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8174_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9650_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9650_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca4024_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca4024_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6310_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6310_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6320_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6320_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6574au_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6574au_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca7500_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca7500_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca8075_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca8075_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca8081_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca8081_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca9880_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca9880_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca9886_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca9886_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca9888_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca9888_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca9889_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca9889_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca9898_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca9898_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca9980_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca9980_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca9984_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca9984_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca9985_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca9985_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca9986_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca9986_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca9990_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca9990_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca9992_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca9992_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca9994_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca9994_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn5022_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn5022_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn5024_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn5024_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn5052_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn5052_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn5122_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn5122_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn5124_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn5124_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn5152_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn5152_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn5154_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn5154_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn5164_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn5164_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn6023_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn6023_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn6024_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn6024_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn6122_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn6122_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn6132_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn6132_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn9000_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn9000_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn9012_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn9012_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn9022_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn9022_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn9024_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn9024_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn9070_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn9070_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn9072_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn9072_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn9074_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn9074_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn9100_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn9100_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qualcomm215_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qualcomm215_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sd205_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd205_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sd210_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd210_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sd835_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd835_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	wcd9335_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:wcd9335_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	wcd9340_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:wcd9340_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	wcd9341_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:wcd9341_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	wcn3610_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:wcn3610_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	wcn3990_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:wcn3990_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	wsa8810_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:wsa8810_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	wsa8815_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:wsa8815_firmware:-:::::::*

References for CVE-2022-25722

URL	Tags
https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/january-2023-bulletin	Patch Vendor Advisory

URL

CVE-2022-25722 | Information Exposure in DSP Services

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-25722

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-25722

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-25722

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-25722

References for CVE-2022-25722