Security Resilience

CVE-2024-21454

Memory Safety in Qualcomm C-V2X 9150 Firmware

Published
01 April 2024
Modified
17 June 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0037 29th percentile
Risk Priority 57 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-2024-21454 is a high-severity Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow (CWE-680) vulnerability in Qualcomm C-V2X 9150 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Junk Data (T1001.001); ranked at the 29th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Transient DOS while decoding the ToBeSignedMessage in Automotive Telematics.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001.001 Junk Data Command And Control
Adversaries may add junk data to protocols used for command and control to make detection more difficult.
T1001.003 Protocol or Service Impersonation Command And Control
Adversaries may impersonate legitimate protocols or web service traffic to disguise command and control activity and thwart analysis efforts.
T1003 OS Credential Dumping Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump credentials to obtain account login and credential material, normally in the form of a hash or a clear text password.
T1003.002 Security Account Manager Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to extract credential material from the Security Account Manager (SAM) database either through in-memory techniques or through the Windows Registry where the SAM database is stored.
T1003.003 NTDS Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access or create a copy of the Active Directory domain database in order to steal credential information, as well as obtain other information about domain members such as devices, users, and access rights.
T1003.004 LSA Secrets Credential Access
Adversaries with SYSTEM access to a host may attempt to access Local Security Authority (LSA) secrets, which can contain a variety of different credential materials, such as credentials for service accounts.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-33018Same product: Qualcomm C-V2X 9150
CVE-2024-21470Same vendor: Qualcomm
CVE-2023-21644Same vendor: Qualcomm
CVE-2023-33022Same vendor: Qualcomm
CVE-2026-21385Same product: Qualcomm C-V2X 9150
CVE-2023-33107Same product: Qualcomm C-V2X 9150
CVE-2025-47364Same vendor: Qualcomm
CVE-2023-43545Same vendor: Qualcomm
CVE-2024-53025Same vendor: Qualcomm
CVE-2023-22667Same vendor: Qualcomm

Affected Assets

qualcomm
c-v2x 9150 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
auto 5g modem-rf firmware
all versions
qualcomm
auto 4g modem firmware
all versions

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 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and analysis (static, dynamic, fuzzing) finds integer-overflow-to-allocation defects before deployment.

Mandates documented development standards and tools that enforce secure coding rules against unsafe integer arithmetic.

Requires engineering principles such as safe arithmetic and bounds-checked allocation that directly stop integer overflow during memory-size computation.

Validates untrusted size/offset inputs before they reach allocation calculations, structurally blocking the integer overflow path.

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 partial match
blocks

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent integer-overflow flaws during development, but eliminating only this CWE covers only part of the broad control intent.

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.

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References