CVE-2024-21455 Untrusted Pointer Dereference in DSP Service
Memory corruption in Qualcomm DSP driver allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via malicious IOCTL calls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-21455?
CVE-2024-21455 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Qam8295p Firmware, published on 7 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory corruption when a compat IOCTL call is followed by another IOCTL call from userspace to a driver.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21455?
It affects 20 products.
Products include Qualcomm Qam8295p Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6584au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6595 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6688aq Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6696 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6698aq Firmware and 14 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-21455?
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-2024-21455 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21455 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as 3839449, 3875202, A-357616450, ASB-A-357616450, GHSA-5vgv-f6wh-xq94.