# CVE-2024-21460: Use of Insufficiently Random Values in Core

> An attacker can exploit insufficient randomness in ASLR to disclose memory layout information in Qualcomm Snapdragon devices.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 1 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-74rf-2vg8-wh2p

## What is CVE-2024-21460?

CVE-2024-21460 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, published on 1 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Information disclosure when ASLR relocates the IMEM and Secure DDR portions as one chunk in virtual address space.

Weakness: CWE-330 (Use of Insufficiently Random Values)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21460?

It affects 15 products.


Products: Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcm8550 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs8550 Firmware, Qualcomm Sg8275p Firmware, Qualcomm Sm8550p Firmware, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8\+ Gen 2 Mobile Platform Firmware, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform Firmware, Qualcomm Wcd9380 Firmware, Qualcomm Wcd9385 Firmware, Qualcomm Wcd9390 Firmware, Qualcomm Wcd9395 Firmware, Qualcomm Wsa8840 Firmware, Qualcomm Wsa8845 Firmware, Qualcomm Wsa8845h Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-21460?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21460 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-21460 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21460 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware

- [CVE-2024-38399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38399/): Use After Free in Graphics (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2024-21472](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21472/): Use After Free in Kernel (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2025-47405](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47405/): Untrusted Pointer Dereference in Camera (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-47358](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47358/): Use After Free in Secure Processor (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-47350](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47350/): Use After Free in DSP Service (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-21460 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-21460 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, published on 1 Jul 2024. 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-2024-21460 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 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-2024-21460/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21460/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21460
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21460
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21460

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21460/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.