Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-30290

High

Published: 09 September 2021

Published
09 September 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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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 10.2th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-30290 is a high-severity Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367) vulnerability in Qualcomm Qca6174A Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 10.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Possible null pointer dereference due to race condition between timeline fence signal and time line fence destroy in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile

CWE(s)
CWE-367CWE-476

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

qualcomm
qca6174a firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6574 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6574a firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6574au firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6595au firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6696 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca9377 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qcm6490 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qcs6490 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
sa6145p firmware
all versions
+31 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.

AU-8 Time Stamps
addresses: CWE-367

Timestamps meeting UTC or offset standards help identify TOCTOU issues through precise chronological reconstruction of check/use operations.

References