CVE-2024-21472: qualcomm, inc. snapdragon Use After Free

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-21472 is a high (CVSS 8.4) Use After Free vulnerability in qualcomm, inc. snapdragon. EPSS estimates a 0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 01-04-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 12-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Memory corruption in Kernel while handling GPU operations.

• CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.