Potential null pointer dereference in KGSL GPU auxiliary command due to improper validation of user input in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Co…

published 2021-09-09 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-17225

cvss: 8.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

Potential null pointer dereference in KGSL GPU auxiliary command due to improper validation of user input in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile

Patch / fix

links 1

qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/september-2021-bulletin advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.9	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile

Classification

Weakness

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

References

qualcomm.com /company/product-security/bulletins/september-2021-bulletin
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-30294
NVD CVE-2021-30294

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