CVE-2021-30265 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

Medium 6.7 Published 12 Nov 2021 Updated 3 Aug 2024

Attackers can exploit improper memory address validation in Qualcomm Snapdragon firmware to achieve code execution or privilege escalation via user-space IOCTLs.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2021-30265?

CVE-2021-30265 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, published on 12 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Possible memory corruption due to improper validation of memory address while processing user-space IOCTL for clearing Filter and Route statistics in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-30265?

It affects 95 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8031 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6620 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6640 Firmware and 89 more.

How do I fix CVE-2021-30265?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-30265 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-30265 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as 2856843, A-187084058, GHSA-xfh2-6j25-5437, PUB-A-187084058.