CVE-2021-1972

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 8, 2021 at 11:25 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:33 AM UTC
318 products affected across 1 vendorWCD9380WSA8835WSA8830

Using Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking by Qualcomm, Inc.?

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

Possible buffer overflow due to improper validation of device types during P2P search in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

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qualcomm-apq8053 (same device)
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qualcomm-ar7420 (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

9.8CRITICALqualcomm
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120

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