# CVE-2021-1888: Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

> A double-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via key parsing.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jul 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rcg7-hr56-wcc7

## What is CVE-2021-1888?

CVE-2021-1888 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, published on 13 Jul 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Memory corruption in key parsing and import function due to double freeing the same heap allocation in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

Weakness: CWE-415 (Double Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1888?

It affects 155 products.


Products: Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8037 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8064au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8031 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6620 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6640 Firmware, Qualcomm Fsm10055 Firmware, Qualcomm Fsm10056 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9205 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9655 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8917 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8920 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8937 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8940 Firmware and 135 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-1888?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1888 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-1888 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1888 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware

- [CVE-2025-21483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21483/): Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Data Network Stack & Connectivity (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-1933](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1933/): Denial of service in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-1946](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1946/): Null dereference in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11176](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11176/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11291](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11291/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-1888 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-1888 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, published on 13 Jul 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1888 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1888/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1888/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-1888
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1888
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1888

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1888/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.