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CVE-2024-21482: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Linux Boot Loader

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-07-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Memory corruption during the secure boot process, when the `bootm` command is used, it bypasses the authentication of the kernel/rootfs image.

Affected products

Qualcomm Csr8811 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Immersive Home 214 Platform Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Immersive Home 216 Platform Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Immersive Home 316 Platform Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Immersive Home 318 Platform Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Immersive Home 3210 Platform Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Immersive Home 326 Platform Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq5010 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq5028 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq5302 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq5312 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq5332 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq6000 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq6010 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq6018 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq6028 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq8070A Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq8071A Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq8072A Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq8074A Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq8076 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq8076A Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq8078 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq8078A Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq8173 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq8174 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq9008 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq9554 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq9570 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Ipq9574 Firmware: all versions

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