CVE-2024-53017 Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in Camera Driver

Medium 6.6 Published Updated

Memory corruption in Qualcomm Snapdragon camera driver allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via IOCTL commands.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-53017?

CVE-2024-53017 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Sdm429w Firmware, published on 3 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory corruption while handling test pattern generator IOCTL command.

Weakness: CWE-823

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53017?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Qualcomm Sdm429w Firmware, Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 Mobile Platform Firmware, Qualcomm Wcn3620 Firmware, Qualcomm Wcn3660b Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2024-53017?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-53017 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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

Is CVE-2024-53017 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53017 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Sdm429w Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gg54-6w37-7r4j.

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