CVE-2024-53018VulnerabilityPublished 3 Jun 2025

CVE-2024-53018: Qualcomm Snapdragon · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Affects Qualcomm SnapdragonSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.6 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.6Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.07% 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:L

Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: High
Availability: Low

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable component is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either: the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or remotely (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., tricking a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the impacted component.
Integrity: High: There is a total loss of integrity, or a complete loss of protection. For example, the attacker is able to modify any/all files protected by the impacted component. Alternatively, only some files can be modified, but malicious modification would present a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.
Availability: Low: Performance is reduced or there are interruptions in resource availability. Even if repeated exploitation of the vulnerability is possible, the attacker does not have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. The resources in the impacted component are either partially available all of the time, or fully available only some of the time, but overall there is no direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation 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 2026-10-25.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

AI-suggested

European organizations should prioritize the following mitigation steps: 1) Inventory and identify all devices using affected Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms, including mobile phones, tablets, IoT devices, and wearables. 2) Monitor Qualcomm and device manufacturers for official patches or firmware updates addressing CVE-2024-53018 and apply them promptly. 3) Restrict local access to devices by enforcing strong endpoint security controls such as device encryption, secure boot, and application whitelisting to prevent unauthorized local code execution. 4) Employ mobile device management (MDM) solutions to enforce security policies, detect anomalous behavior, and control application installations. 5) Educate users about the risks of installing untrusted applications or granting excessive permissions that could exploit local vulnerabilities. 6) For high-risk environments, consider network segmentation and limiting connectivity of vulnerable devices to critical systems. 7) Implement runtime protection mechanisms such as memory protection and exploit mitigation techniques (e.g., Control Flow Integrity, Address Space Layout Randomization) where supported by device firmware or operating systems. 8) Conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing focused on local privilege escalation vectors to detect exploitation attempts.

Description

Memory corruption may occur while processing the OIS packet parser.

Impact

For European organizations, this vulnerability poses a risk primarily to devices and infrastructure relying on affected Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms, including corporate mobile devices, IoT endpoints, and wearable technology used in operational environments. The memory corruption could be exploited by a local attacker or malicious application to escalate privileges or execute arbitrary code, potentially compromising device integrity and confidentiality of sensitive corporate data. This is particularly critical for sectors with high mobile device usage such as finance, healthcare, and critical infrastructure, where compromised devices could lead to data breaches or disruption of services. The requirement for local access limits remote exploitation, but insider threats or malware with local execution capabilities could leverage this vulnerability. Additionally, the integrity impact is high, meaning attackers could alter system or application behavior, undermining trust in device operations. The low availability impact suggests limited risk of denial-of-service conditions. Given the widespread deployment of Qualcomm Snapdragon chips in European consumer and enterprise devices, the vulnerability could affect a large number of endpoints, increasing the attack surface for targeted attacks or supply chain compromises.

CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: Medium
The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check.
Implementation
The most basic advice for TOCTOU vulnerabilities is to not perform a check before the use. This does not resolve the underlying issue of the execution of a function on a resource whose state and identity cannot be assured, but it does help to limit the false sense of security given by the check.
Implementation
When the file being altered is owned by the current user and group, set the effective gid and uid to that of the current user and group when executing this statement.
Architecture and Design
Limit the interleaving of operations on files from multiple processes.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V1.11.3 (opens in a new tab)
V11.1.6 (opens in a new tab)
V1.11.2 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Leveraging Race Conditions via Symbolic Links (opens in a new tab)
Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/june-2025-bulletin.html (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 3 Jul 2025, 18:26 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-367

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