CVE-2025-21486 (GCVE-0-2025-21486)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-03 05:53 – Updated: 2026-02-26 18:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Untrusted Pointer Dereference in DSP Service
Summary
Memory corruption during dynamic process creation call when client is only passing address and length of shell binary.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-04 03:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-822 - Untrusted Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualcomm, Inc. | Snapdragon |
Affected:
FastConnect 6900
Affected: FastConnect 7800 Affected: QMP1000 Affected: SM8735 Affected: SM8750 Affected: SM8750P Affected: Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 Wearable Platform Affected: SW5100 Affected: SW5100P Affected: SXR2230P Affected: SXR2250P Affected: SXR2330P Affected: WCD9378 Affected: WCD9380 Affected: WCD9385 Affected: WCD9395 Affected: WCN3660B Affected: WCN3680B Affected: WCN3980 Affected: WCN3988 Affected: WCN7750 Affected: WCN7860 Affected: WCN7861 Affected: WCN7880 Affected: WCN7881 Affected: WSA8830 Affected: WSA8832 Affected: WSA8835 Affected: WSA8840 Affected: WSA8845 Affected: WSA8845H |
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