Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute FastConnect 6200 up to WSA8845 IOCTL Call out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity and Snapdragon Industrial IOT. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component IOCTL Call Handler. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-21438. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity and Snapdragon Industrial IOT. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component IOCTL Call Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Memory corruption while IOCTL call is invoked from user-space to read board data.

It is possible to read the advisory at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-21438 since 12/18/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-9994). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/18/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-21438 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-21438
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-303679
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/07/2025 12:52
Updated: 10/04/2025 16:27
Changes: 04/07/2025 12:52 (64), 10/03/2025 22:23 (1), 10/04/2025 16:27 (1)
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