Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-45573 is a high-severity Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset (CWE-823) vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Process Injection (T1055); ranked at the 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 SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — 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-2024-45573 is a memory corruption vulnerability that may occur while generating test patterns due to negative indexing of a display ID. It is documented in Qualcomm's February 2025 security bulletin and is associated with CWE-823 (Use of Out-of-bounds Read) and CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow). The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (High), reflecting local access requirements (AV:L), low attack complexity (AC:L), low privileges needed (PR:L), no user interaction (UI:N), and unchanged scope (S:U), with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H).
A local attacker with low privileges could exploit this vulnerability to trigger memory corruption during test pattern generation on affected systems. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution, data disclosure, or system disruption, depending on the context of the display ID handling.
Qualcomm's February 2025 security bulletin at https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/february-2025-bulletin.html provides details on the vulnerability and associated patches or mitigations for affected products. Security practitioners should consult the bulletin for specific remediation steps, such as applying vendor updates.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-41758
Vulnerability Data
Memory corruption may occour while generating test pattern due to negative indexing of display ID.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 2 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
V17.3.2V1.4.1
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation (including static analysis and fuzzing) directly finds unsafe pointer arithmetic before deployment.
Requiring documented development standards and tools can mandate safe pointer usage and compiler/runtime checks that stop the weakness from being introduced.
Security engineering principles can require bounds-checked pointer arithmetic or safe language constructs that structurally avoid out-of-range offsets.
Process isolation confines damage from invalid pointer offsets to a single address space, reducing overall impact.
Input validation directly enforces bounds checking that stops out-of-bounds reads/writes from being introduced or reached.
Memory-protection controls limit the blast radius of an out-of-range pointer dereference without preventing or detecting the coding error 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 require bounds-checked pointer arithmetic and static analysis to prevent out-of-range offsets.
SAST/DAST tools used for vulnerability identification can surface this class of coding defect.
Receiving and triaging vulnerability disclosures commonly includes buffer-related reports.
Developer training on secure coding reduces introduction of memory-buffer errors.
Patching replaces vulnerable code containing buffer-boundary defects.
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.
Security testing can detect out-of-range pointer offsets before release.
Secure SDLC mandates input validation and bounds checking that can prevent out-of-range pointer offsets.
Application security requirements include memory-safety rules that reduce pointer-offset errors.
Secure architecture principles promote safe pointer handling and memory layout controls.
Secure coding standards directly forbid unsafe pointer arithmetic and require bounds checks.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
Windows 10 (1 rule)
- V-220726 Data Execution Prevention (DEP) must be configured to at least OptOut. prevents CWE-823