Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-38424

High

Published: 04 November 2024

Published
04 November 2024
Modified
07 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0021 43.1th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-38424 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon W5\+ Gen 1 Wearable Platform Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 43.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Memory corruption during GNSS HAL process initialization.

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

qualcomm
snapdragon w5\+ gen 1 wearable platform firmware
all versions
qualcomm
snapdragon 8\+ gen 2 mobile platform firmware
all versions
qualcomm
snapdragon 8\+ gen 1 mobile platform firmware
all versions
qualcomm
snapdragon 480\+ 5g mobile platform \(sm4350-ac\) firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wsa8845h firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wsa8845 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wsa8840 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wsa8835 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wsa8832 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wsa8830 firmware
all versions
+109 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References