Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-38418

Race Condition in Qualcomm C-V2X 9150 Firmware

Published
03 February 2025
Modified
05 February 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.00074 0.1th percentile
Risk Priority 54 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-38418 is a high-severity Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367) vulnerability in Qualcomm C-V2X 9150 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Path Interception (T1034); ranked at the 0.1th 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 AC-25 (Reference Monitor) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2024-38418 is a memory corruption vulnerability that occurs while parsing memory map information in IOCTL calls. It is associated with CWE-367 (Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition) and affects Qualcomm products, as documented in their security bulletin. The vulnerability received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to its potential for significant impact.

A local attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability through low-complexity attacks requiring no user interaction. Exploitation could grant high-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution, data tampering, or system denial of service within the affected component.

Qualcomm's February 2025 security bulletin, available at https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/february-2025-bulletin.html, provides details on affected products and mitigation measures, including patches where applicable. The bulletin was referenced in the CVE publication on 2025-02-03.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Memory corruption while parsing the memory map info in IOCTL calls.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1034 Path Interception Persistence
**This technique has been deprecated.
T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may circumvent mechanisms designed to control privilege elevation to gain higher-level permissions.
T1574 Hijack Execution Flow Stealth
Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking the way operating systems run programs.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

qualcomm
c-v2x 9150 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
csrb31024 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
fastconnect 6800 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
fastconnect 6900 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
fastconnect 7800 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qam8295p firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6391 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6426 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6436 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qca6564au firmware
all versions
+52 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)
  • V15.4.2
  • V17.2.6

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

A reference monitor that is always invoked and analyzable structurally eliminates the non-atomic check-then-use pattern underlying TOCTOU.

Access enforcement that performs an atomic check-and-use decision directly stops the window in which a TOCTOU race can be exploited.

Process isolation limits the blast radius of a successful TOCTOU exploitation but does not remove the race itself.

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 include coding standards and reviews that prevent TOCTOU race conditions.

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.

none

Reliable, synchronized time across systems narrows the exploitable window in which a resource state can change between a security check and its use.

References