CVE-2023-43551 [Critical] | Authentication Bypass in 315 5g Iot Modem Firmware

CVE-2023-43551 is rated Moderate Risk (42.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.11%	0.26%	+0.15%
2	2025-03-30	0.21%	0.11%	-0.10%
3	2025-03-29	—	0.21%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.11%

0.26%

+0.15%

2025-03-30

0.21%

0.11%

-0.10%

2025-03-29

—

0.21%

—

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]
7.5	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful 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	3.6	[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]

7.5

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful 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

3.6

[email protected]

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-43551

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
qualcomm	315_5g_iot_modem_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:315_5g_iot_modem_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	9205_lte_modem_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:9205_lte_modem_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	9206_lte_modem_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:9206_lte_modem_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	9207_lte_modem_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:9207_lte_modem_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	apq8017_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8017_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	apq8037_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8037_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	aqt1000_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:aqt1000_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ar6003_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ar6003_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	ar8035_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ar8035_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	c-v2x_9150_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:c-v2x_9150_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	csra6620_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:csra6620_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	csra6640_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:csra6640_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	csrb31024_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:csrb31024_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	fastconnect_6200_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:fastconnect_6200_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	fastconnect_6700_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:fastconnect_6700_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	fastconnect_6800_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:fastconnect_6800_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	fastconnect_6900_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:fastconnect_6900_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	fastconnect_7800_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:fastconnect_7800_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm8207_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm8207_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9205s_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9205s_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9230_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9230_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9250_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9250_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9330_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9330_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9615_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9615_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9628_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9628_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9630_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9630_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9640_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9640_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8108_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8108_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8209_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8209_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8608_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8608_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8909w_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8909w_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8996au_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8996au_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca4004_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca4004_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6174_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6174_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	qca6564a_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6564a_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6564au_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6564au_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	qca6584_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6584_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qca6584au_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca6584au_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	qca9367_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qca9367_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:-:::::::*

References for CVE-2023-43551

URL	Tags
https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/june-2024-bulletin.html	Vendor Advisory

URL

CVE-2023-43551 | Improper Authentication in Multi-Mode Call Processor

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-43551

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-43551

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-43551

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-43551

References for CVE-2023-43551