Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-45560 is a high-severity Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367) vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 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-2024-45560 is a memory corruption vulnerability that occurs while taking a snapshot with a hardware encoder due to an unvalidated userspace buffer. It affects Qualcomm components, as detailed in the vendor's security bulletin. The issue is classified under CWE-367 and carries 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 with potential for significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
A local attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation could lead to high-impact outcomes, including unauthorized data access, modification, or system disruption, stemming from the memory corruption triggered by the unvalidated buffer during hardware encoder snapshot operations.
Qualcomm has addressed this issue in their February 2025 security bulletin, available at https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/february-2025-bulletin.html, which provides details on affected products and recommended patches or mitigations for security practitioners to apply.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-41754
Vulnerability Data
Memory corruption while taking a snapshot with hardware encoder due to unvalidated userspace buffer.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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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.
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.
Reliable, synchronized time across systems narrows the exploitable window in which a resource state can change between a security check and its use.