CVE-2024-53014
Published: 03 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-53014 is a high-severity Improper Validation of Array Index (CWE-129) vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto 5G 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 35.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-16 (Memory Protection).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Requires validation of all information inputs, directly addressing the improper validation of array indices for ports and channels in the audio driver.
Implements memory protection mechanisms like address space randomization and non-executable memory to prevent exploitation of memory corruption vulnerabilities.
Mandates timely remediation of identified flaws, such as applying Qualcomm patches for this specific audio driver vulnerability.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Local memory corruption in kernel driver (array index validation flaw) directly enables privilege escalation from low-privileged context to full system compromise.
NVD Description
Memory corruption may occur while validating ports and channels in Audio driver.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2024-53014 is a memory corruption vulnerability that may occur while validating ports and channels in the Audio driver. It 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) and is linked to CWE-129 (Improper Validation of Array Index). The issue was published on 2025-03-03.
A local attacker with low privileges can exploit the vulnerability through low-complexity means with no user interaction required. Exploitation leads to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Qualcomm's March 2025 Security Bulletin provides details on mitigation, available at https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/march-2025-bulletin.html.
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