Security Resilience

CVE-2023-21665

Qualcomm 8909 Firmware

Public PoC
Published
02 May 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.4
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0018 7th percentile
Risk Priority 59 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-21665 is a high-severity Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast (CWE-704) vulnerability in Qualcomm 8909 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Memory corruption in Graphics while importing a file.

CWE(s)
CWE-704

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

qualcomm
315 5g iot modem firmware
all versions
qualcomm
9206 lte modem firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8017 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8052 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8056 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8064au firmware
all versions
qualcomm
apq8076 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
aqt1000 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
ar8031 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
ar8035 firmware
all versions
+210 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

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.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
blocks

Secure development lifecycle includes type-safety reviews that reduce incorrect casts.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
blocks

A.8.26 only requires that security requirements (including resilience against attacks such as buffer overflows or SQL injection) be identified and specified during development or acquisition; it does not itself enforce, implement, or prevent any type-conversion defects from arising or being exploitable.

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

Secure architecture principles discourage unsafe type conversions in design.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly forbid or detect incorrect type casts.

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

Security testing can uncover type-conversion defects before release.

Hardening callouts derived

DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.

  • No fine-grained STIG row for CWE-704, a class-level weakness, and none of its children carries one either.

References