Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-30291

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 0.0004 12.0th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-30291 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 12.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Possible memory corruption due to lack of validation of client data used for memory allocation 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

qualcomm
apq8017 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8053 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8064au firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8096au firmware
all versions
qualcomm
aqt1000 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
msm8917 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
msm8953 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
msm8996au firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6310 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6320 firmware
all versions
+80 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