CVE-2019-14040

HIGH

Qualcomm APQ8009 Firmware - Use-After-Free in qsee

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2019-14040. PoCs published by tamirzb.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2019-14040, a use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm's QSEECom driver. The exploit triggers a kernel panic on affected devices by manipulating ION memory allocations and QSEECom ioctl operations.

Description

Using memory after being freed in qsee due to wrong implementation can lead to unexpected behavior such as execution of unknown code in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8009, APQ8017, APQ8053, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9207C, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8905, MSM8909W, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8940, MSM8953, MSM8996AU, MSM8998, QCS605, QM215, SDA660, SDA845, SDM429, SDM429W, SDM439, SDM450, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM845, SDX20, SDX24, SM8150, SXR1130

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 27 stars
by tamirzb · poc
https://github.com/tamirzb/CVE-2019-14040

This repository contains a functional proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2019-14040, a use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm's QSEECom driver. The exploit triggers a kernel panic on affected devices by manipulating ION memory allocations and QSEECom ioctl operations.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Qualcomm QSEECom driver (affecting Android devices with Qualcomm chips)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to /dev/qseecom · Android device with Qualcomm chipset · Root or sufficient permissions to interact with the device
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0052
EPSS Percentile 39.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (37)
qualcomm/apq8009_firmware
qualcomm/apq8017_firmware
qualcomm/apq8053_firmware
qualcomm/apq8096au_firmware
qualcomm/apq8098_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9150_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9206_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9207c_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9607_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9640_firmware
... and 27 more
Published Feb 07, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026