CVE-2024-53030
Published: 03 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-53030 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8996Au 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 29.7th 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
Directly addresses the improper input validation (CWE-20) that leads to memory corruption when processing FE driver input messages.
Implements memory protections to minimize the impact of out-of-bounds writes (CWE-787) exploited via corrupted input processing.
Ensures timely identification, reporting, and correction of the specific memory corruption flaw in Qualcomm components.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Local memory corruption (out-of-bounds write) in Qualcomm driver component directly enables local privilege escalation from low-privileged context to full system compromise.
NVD Description
Memory corruption while processing input message passed from FE driver.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2024-53030 is a memory corruption vulnerability that occurs while processing an input message passed from the FE driver. It is associated with CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) and CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write), carrying 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). The vulnerability affects components in Qualcomm products, as detailed in the vendor's security bulletin.
A local attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation enables high-impact consequences, including unauthorized access to confidential data, modification of system integrity, and disruption of availability through memory corruption.
Qualcomm's March 2025 security bulletin provides details on affected products, patches, and mitigation recommendations, available at https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/march-2025-bulletin.html. Security practitioners should consult this advisory for specific remediation steps.
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