Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-21470

Memory Safety in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware

Published
01 April 2024
Modified
17 June 2026
Patch / advisory
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 0.0011 2th percentile
Risk Priority 58 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-21470 is a high-severity Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow (CWE-680) vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 2th 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

Memory corruption while allocating memory for graphics.

CWE(s)

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.
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.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2023-33018Same product: Qualcomm Aqt1000
CVE-2024-45542Same product: Qualcomm Aqt1000
CVE-2024-21454Same vendor: Qualcomm
CVE-2024-45561Same product: Qualcomm Aqt1000
CVE-2023-43540Same product: Qualcomm Aqt1000
CVE-2023-43541Same product: Qualcomm Aqt1000

Affected Assets

qualcomm
aqt1000 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
fastconnect 6200 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
fastconnect 6700 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
fastconnect 6800 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
fastconnect 6900 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
fastconnect 7800 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6391 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6420 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6430 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
sc8180x\+sdx55 firmware
all versions
+23 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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 mostly match
prevents

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.

finds

Security testing can detect integer-overflow-to-buffer-overflow conditions during development.

prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates practices that can catch integer overflows before deployment.

prevents

Application security requirements can specify safe integer handling and bounds checking.

prevents

Secure architecture principles encourage use of safe arithmetic libraries and overflow detection.

prevents

Secure coding standards directly require prevention of integer overflows that lead to buffer overflows.

References