CVE-2021-30297
Published: 20 October 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-30297 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 13.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-17228
Vulnerability details
Possible out of bound read due to improper validation of packet length while handling data transfer in VR service 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.