# CVE-2021-30271: Null dereference in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

> A null pointer dereference in the trap handler allows attackers to cause a denial of service in various Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:** 3 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mg73-f6mr-q5cw

## What is CVE-2021-30271?

CVE-2021-30271 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009w Firmware, published on 3 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Possible null pointer dereference in trap handler due to lack of thread ID validation before dereferencing it in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-30271?

It affects 166 products.


Products: Qualcomm Apq8009w Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8031 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Csr8811 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6620 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6640 Firmware, Qualcomm Csrb31024 Firmware, Qualcomm Fsm10055 Firmware, Qualcomm Fsm10056 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq5010 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq5018 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq5028 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6010 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6018 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6028 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8070a Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8071a Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8072a Firmware and 146 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-30271?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-30271 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-30271 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-30271 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Apq8009w Firmware

- [CVE-2021-30341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-30341/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-35104](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35104/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11307](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11307/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-30342](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-30342/): Race condition in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2021-30334](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-30334/): Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables (high 8.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-30271 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-30271 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009w Firmware, published on 3 Jan 2022. 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-2021-30271 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Apq8009w 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-2021-30271/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-30271/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-30271
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30271
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-30271

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.