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CVE-2021-1980: Possible buffer over read due to lack of length check while parsing beacon IE response in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Co

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 36/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.61% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Possible buffer over read due to lack of length check while parsing beacon IE response in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

CriticalCVSS 9.1 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Oct 20, 2021
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 49th percentile

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Action score

36

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
36 / 40 · 9.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.6%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
9.1
CNA · qualcomm
7.5
1.6 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

Pick the product and type the version you run. It's compared with this record's version ranges in your browser; the version isn't sent anywhere.

VendorProduct
qualcommapq8053 firmware
qualcommapq8053
qualcommapq8064au firmware
qualcommapq8064au
qualcommapq8096au firmware
qualcommapq8096au
qualcommaqt1000 firmware
qualcommaqt1000
qualcommar8031 firmware
qualcommar8031
qualcommar8035 firmware
qualcommar8035

and 188 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • qualcomm apq8053 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm apq8064au firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm apq8096au firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm aqt1000 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm ar8031 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm ar8035 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm ar9380 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm csr8811 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm csra6620 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm csra6640 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm csrb31024 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm fsm10055 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm fsm10056 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm ipq4018 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm ipq4019 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm ipq4028 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm ipq4029 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm ipq5010 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm ipq5018 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm ipq5028 firmwareall versions

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (qualcomm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Mu

    • APQ8053, APQ8064AU, APQ8096AU, AQT1000, AR8031, AR8035, AR9380, CSR8811, CSRA6620, CSRA6640, CSRB31024, FSM10055, FSM10056, IPQ4018, IPQ4019, IPQ4028, IPQ4029, IPQ5010, IPQ5018, IPQ5028, IPQ6000, IPQ6affected

Same product

qualcomm: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2022-22071Possible use after free when process shell memory is freed using IOCTL munmap call and process initialization is in progress in Snapdragon AKEV
    61This week
  • CVE-2020-11264Improper authentication of Non-EAPOL/WAPI plaintext frames during four-way handshake can lead to arbitrary network packet injection in Snapd
    43Plan
  • CVE-2020-11153u'Out of bound memory access while processing GATT data received due to lack of check of pdu data length and leads to remote code execution'
    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-1970Jul 13, 2021 · Possible out of bound read due to lack of length check of FT sub-elements in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, S
    30Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-1948Sep 9, 2021 · Possible out of bound read due to lack of length check of data while parsing the beacon or probe response in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Com
    30Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2021-30306Oct 20, 2021 · Possible buffer over read due to improper buffer allocation for file length passed from user space in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivi
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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