Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-21655

Memory Safety in Qualcomm Qca6391 Firmware

Memory Safety
Published
05 September 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0011 1th percentile
Risk Priority 46 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-21655 is a medium-severity Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) vulnerability in Qualcomm Qca6391 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.7 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Memory corruption in Audio while validating and mapping metadata.

CWE(s)
CWE-190

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2024-33022Same product: Qualcomm Qca6391
CVE-2024-23372Same product: Qualcomm Qca6391
CVE-2023-43550Same product: Qualcomm Qca6391
CVE-2023-28588Same product: Qualcomm Qca6391
CVE-2023-22667Same product: Qualcomm Qca6391
CVE-2023-21644Same product: Qualcomm Qca6391

Affected Assets

qualcomm
qca6391 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6574au firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6696 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qcc5100 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
sa6145p firmware
all versions
qualcomm
sa6150p firmware
all versions
qualcomm
sa6155p firmware
all versions
qualcomm
sa8145p firmware
all versions
qualcomm
sa8150p firmware
all versions
qualcomm
sa8155p firmware
all versions
+21 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V5.2.6

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require use of safe arithmetic, bounds checks, and testing that prevent integer overflows.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development can detect integer overflows before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and arithmetic checks that prevent integer overflows.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
degrades

Application security requirements include bounds checking and safe arithmetic to avoid overflow conditions.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
degrades

Secure architecture principles require defensive coding patterns that mitigate integer wraparound risks.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe integer operations and mandate overflow-safe constructs.

References