Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to XR2 5G Platform Resource Manager memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Technology and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Resource Manager. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-21481. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Technology. This affects an unknown part of the component Resource Manager. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Memory corruption when preparing a shared memory notification for a memparcel in Resource Manager.

It is possible to read the advisory at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-21481 since 12/12/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/08/2025).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 8.4
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

12/12/2023 🔍
08/05/2024 +236 days 🔍
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08/08/2025 +368 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-21481 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-21481
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-273591

Entryinfo

Created: 08/05/2024 17:26
Updated: 08/08/2025 02:14
Changes: 08/05/2024 17:26 (63), 08/08/2025 02:14 (3)
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