Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to SRV1M Header integer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Header Handler. This manipulation causes integer overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-21442. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-680. The product performs a calculation to determine how much memory to allocate, but an integer overflow can occur that causes less memory to be allocated than expected, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Memory corruption while transmitting packet mapping information with invalid header payload size.

The advisory is shared at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-21442 since 12/18/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/04/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-9990). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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Class: Integer overflow
CWE: CWE-680 / CWE-190 / CWE-189
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/18/2024 🔍
04/07/2025 +109 days 🔍
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10/04/2025 +180 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-21442 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-21442
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-303661
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/07/2025 12:48
Updated: 10/04/2025 16:27
Changes: 04/07/2025 12:48 (63), 08/19/2025 20:18 (1), 10/04/2025 16:27 (1)
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