Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute FastConnect 6900 up to WSA8845 Kernel Mode CPU untrusted pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute FastConnect 6900 up to WSA8845. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Kernel Mode CPU. This manipulation causes untrusted pointer dereference. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-53034. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute FastConnect 6900 up to WSA8845. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Kernel Mode CPU. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-822. The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Memory corruption occurs during an Escape call if an invalid Kernel Mode CPU event and sync object handle are passed with the DriverKnownEscape flag reset.

The advisory is shared at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-53034 since 11/19/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/03/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Untrusted pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-822
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/19/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-53034 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-53034
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-298177

Entryinfo

Created: 03/03/2025 11:59
Changes: 03/03/2025 11:59 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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