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CVE-2024-21455

Memory corruption when a compat IOCTL call is followed by another IOCTL call from userspace to a driver.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8, requiring local system access to exploit with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 40 products from qualcomm, from qualcomm, from qualcomm and 37 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2024, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2024-10-07T13:15:10.360

Last Modified

2025-08-11T15:06:17.607

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-822
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-119
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System qualcomm video_collaboration_vc1_platform_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm video_collaboration_vc1_platform - No
Operating System qualcomm wsa8815_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wsa8815 - No
Operating System qualcomm wsa8810_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wsa8810 - No
Operating System qualcomm wcn3980_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcn3980 - No
Operating System qualcomm wcn3950_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcn3950 - No
Operating System qualcomm wcd9375_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcd9375 - No
Operating System qualcomm wcd9370_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcd9370 - No
Operating System qualcomm snapdragon_auto_5g_modem-rf_gen_2_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm snapdragon_auto_5g_modem-rf_gen_2 - No
Operating System qualcomm snapdragon_685_4g_mobile_platform_\(sm6225-ad\)_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm snapdragon_685_4g_mobile_platform_\(sm6225-ad\) - No
Operating System qualcomm snapdragon_680_4g_mobile_platform_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm snapdragon_680_4g_mobile_platform - No
Operating System qualcomm sg4150p_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm sg4150p - No
Operating System qualcomm sa8295p_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm sa8295p - No
Operating System qualcomm qcs6125_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm qcs6125 - No
Operating System qualcomm qcm6125_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm qcm6125 - No
Operating System qualcomm qca6698aq_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm qca6698aq - No
Operating System qualcomm qca6696_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm qca6696 - No
Operating System qualcomm qca6688aq_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm qca6688aq - No
Operating System qualcomm qca6595_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm qca6595 - No
Operating System qualcomm qca6584au_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm qca6584au - No
Operating System qualcomm qam8295p_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm qam8295p - No
References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For qualcomm's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.