CVE-2021-1984
Published: 20 October 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-1984 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 26.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-7448
Vulnerability details
Possible buffer overflow due to improper validation of index value while processing the plugin block in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Wearables
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.