VDB-258903 · CVE-2024-21453 · GCVE-0-2024-21453

Qualcomm Snapdragon Message Decoder resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Message Decoder. Performing a manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-21453. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Message Decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Transient DOS while decoding message of size that exceeds the available system memory.

It is possible to read the advisory at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-21453 since 12/12/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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Productinfo

Type

Chip Software

Vendor

Qualcomm

Name

Snapdragon

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.qualcomm.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.5
CNA Vector (Qualcomm, Inc.): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

12/12/2023 🔍
04/01/2024 +110 days 🔍
04/01/2024 +0 days 🔍
01/13/2025 +287 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-21453 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-21453
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-258903

Entryinfo

Created: 04/01/2024 18:42
Updated: 01/13/2025 23:41
Changes: 04/01/2024 18:42 (62), 01/13/2025 23:41 (3)
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