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Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Qualcomm - Multiple Chipsets · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CVE-2021-1905

HighCVSS 8.4KEV
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Possible use after free due to improper handling of memory mapping of multiple processes simultaneously in Snapdragon Auto, Compute, Connectivity, Consumer IOT, Industrial IOT, Mobile, Voice & Music, and Wearables.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes potential privilege escalation or system crash, potentially leading to device security compromise.

Recommendation

Apply patches provided by the chip manufacturer (Qualcomm) for affected Snapdragon platforms.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Possible use after free due to improper handling of memory mapping of multiple processes simultaneously. in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS