What is CVE-2021-30317?

CVE-2021-30317 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2022-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-30317?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Qualcomm Aqt1000

CVE-2021-30317

Improper validation of program headers containing ELF metadata can lead to image verification bypass in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2022-02-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.3 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (72.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/february-2022-bulletin (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-30317?: CVE-2021-30317 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2022-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-30317?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.