Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-30256

High

Published: 20 October 2021

Published
20 October 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0003 10.8th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-30256 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 10.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Possible stack overflow due to improper validation of camera name length before copying the name in VR Service in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

qualcomm
apq8017 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8053 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
aqt1000 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
msm8917 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
msm8953 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6390 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6391 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6420 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6426 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6430 firmware
all versions
+67 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References