CVE-2024-53015: Qualcomm Snapdragon · Use After Free
Affects Qualcomm SnapdragonSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.6 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.09% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 0% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:LExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 3 Jun 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
- Monitor Qualcomm and device vendors for official patches and firmware updates addressing CVE-2024-53015 and apply them promptly across all affected devices.
- Employ strict application whitelisting and mobile device management (MDM) solutions to limit installation of untrusted or malicious applications that could exploit local access to trigger the vulnerability.
- Enforce least privilege principles on devices, minimizing user and process privileges to reduce the impact of local exploits.
- Implement network segmentation and endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools to detect anomalous behaviors indicative of exploitation attempts, such as unexpected IOCTL calls or memory corruption symptoms.
- For enterprise environments, restrict physical and logical access to devices to trusted personnel only, reducing the risk of local exploitation.
- Educate users on risks of installing unverified software and connecting untrusted peripherals that could facilitate local attacks.
- For IoT and embedded device deployments, conduct thorough inventory and risk assessments to identify affected hardware and prioritize remediation or replacement.
- Collaborate with vendors to obtain security advisories and incorporate vulnerability scanning into regular security assessments targeting Qualcomm-based devices. These measures go beyond generic patching by emphasizing access control, monitoring, and proactive device management tailored to the local attack vector and broad device ecosystem impacted.
Description
Memory corruption while processing IOCTL command to handle buffers associated with a session.