# CVE-2021-1985: Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Wearables

> A buffer over-read in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to read sensitive memory or cause a denial of service.

- **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:** 20 Oct 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hxmj-xf9g-2jw8

## What is CVE-2021-1985?

CVE-2021-1985 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, published on 20 Oct 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Possible buffer over read due to lack of data length check in QVR Service configuration in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Wearables

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1985?

It affects 95 products.


Products: Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8064au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8917 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8953 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8996au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6310 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6320 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6335 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6390 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6391 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6420 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6426 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6430 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6436 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6564a Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6564au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6574a Firmware and 75 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-1985?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-1985 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1985 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-2021-1985 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-1985 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, published on 20 Oct 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-2021-1985 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-2021-1985/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1985/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-1985
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1985
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1985

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1985/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.