Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-45547 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 0.0th 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 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — 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-2024-45547 is a memory corruption vulnerability (CWE-120) that occurs during processing of an IOCTL call invoked from user-space to verify non-extension FIPS encryption and decryption functionality. It affects Qualcomm components, as documented in their January 2025 security bulletin. The vulnerability has 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 impact potential with low attack complexity and privileges required.
Local attackers with low privileges (PR:L) can exploit this by sending a specially crafted IOCTL call from user-space, triggering buffer copy without size checking. Successful exploitation enables high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, or system crashes on affected Qualcomm devices.
Qualcomm's January 2025 security bulletin (https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/january-2025-bulletin.html) advises applying the provided firmware or software updates to remediate the issue. No further mitigation details are available from the referenced advisory.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-41261
Vulnerability Data
Memory corruption while processing IOCTL call invoked from user-space to verify non extension FIPS encryption and decryption functionality.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and analysis can find missing size checks before deployment.
Input validation directly enforces size checks before buffer copies.
Engineering principles require bounds checking and safe buffer handling in design.
Memory protection limits the impact of an overflow once it occurs.
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.
Secure development practices directly enforce bounds checking and input validation that prevent classic buffer overflows.
Vulnerability identification processes such as code review or scanning detect classic buffer overflows before exploitation.
Routine patching replaces vulnerable code containing unchecked buffer copies with corrected versions.
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.
Secure coding directly requires bounds-checked memory operations, addressing the root cause of CWE-120.
Security testing in development and acceptance can detect buffer overflows through fuzzing and static analysis, though it does not prevent them at the source.
Secure development life cycle mandates processes that can include input validation and bounds checking to prevent buffer overflows.
Application security requirements can specify input-size validation and safe buffer handling to mitigate classic buffer overflows.
Secure system architecture and engineering principles promote defensive coding patterns that reduce the likelihood of unchecked buffer copies.