CVE-2023-33054 [Critical] | Authentication Bypass in 315 5g Iot Modem Firmware

CVE-2023-33054 is rated Moderate Risk (48.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.13%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2025-07-17	0.17%	0.13%	-0.04%
2	2025-04-25	0.13%	0.17%	+0.04%
3	2025-03-30	—	0.13%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2025-07-17

0.17%

0.13%

-0.04%

2025-04-25

0.13%

0.17%

+0.04%

2025-03-30

—

0.13%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
9.1	3.1	CRITICAL	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. 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:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. 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.	3.9	5.2	[email protected]
9.1	3.1	CRITICAL	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. 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:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. 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.	3.9	5.2	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

9.1

3.1

CRITICAL

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

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
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.

3.9

5.2

[email protected]

9.1

3.1

CRITICAL

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

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
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.

3.9

5.2

[email protected]

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-33054

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
qualcomm	315_5g_iot_modem_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:315_5g_iot_modem_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	aqt1000_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:aqt1000_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ar8035_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ar8035_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	csra6620_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:csra6620_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	csra6640_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:csra6640_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	wcn3991_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:wcn3991_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	wcn3998_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:wcn3998_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	wcn6750_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:wcn6750_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	wcn685x-5_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:wcn685x-5_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	wcn685x-1_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:wcn685x-1_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	wcn785x-1_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:wcn785x-1_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	wcn785x-5_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:wcn785x-5_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qam8295p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qam8295p_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6174a_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6174a_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6310_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6310_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6320_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6320_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6335_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6335_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6391_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6391_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6420_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6420_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6421_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6421_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6426_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6426_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6430_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6430_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6431_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6431_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6436_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6436_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6574_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6574_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6574a_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6574a_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6574au_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6574au_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6584au_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6584au_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6595_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6595_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6595au_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6595au_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6696_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6696_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6698aq_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6698aq_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca8081_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca8081_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca8337_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca8337_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca9377_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca9377_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcc710_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcc710_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcm2290_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcm2290_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcm4290_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcm4290_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcm4325_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcm4325_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcm4490_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcm4490_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcm5430_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcm5430_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcm6125_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcm6125_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcm6490_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcm6490_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcm8550_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcm8550_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn6024_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn6024_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn6224_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn6224_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn6274_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn6274_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcn9024_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcn9024_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs2290_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs2290_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs410_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs410_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs4290_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs4290_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs4490_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs4490_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs5430_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs5430_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs610_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs610_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs6125_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs6125_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs6490_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs6490_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs8250_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs8250_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs8550_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs8550_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qfw7114_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qfw7114_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qfw7124_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qfw7124_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qm215_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qm215_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	video_collaboration_vc1_platform_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:video_collaboration_vc1_platform_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	video_collaboration_vc3_platform_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:video_collaboration_vc3_platform_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	video_collaboration_vc5_platform_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:video_collaboration_vc5_platform_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sda845_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sda845_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sdm845_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sdm845_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa6145p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa6145p_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa6150p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa6150p_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa6155_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa6155_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa6155p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa6155p_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa8145p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa8145p_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa8150p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa8150p_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa8155_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa8155_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa8155p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa8155p_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa8195p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa8195p_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa8295p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa8295p_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sm8450_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sm8450_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sd660_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd660_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sd730_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd730_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sd835_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd835_firmware:-:::::::*

References for CVE-2023-33054

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

URL

CVE-2023-33054 | Improper Authentication in GPS HLOS Driver

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-33054

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-33054

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-33054

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-33054

References for CVE-2023-33054