Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to WSA8845H Action Frame buffer over-read

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon CCW, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon MC, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Technology, Snapdragon WBC and Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Action Frame Handler. The manipulation leads to buffer over-read. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-21448. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon CCW, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon MC, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Technology, Snapdragon WBC and Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Action Frame Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer over-read vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-126. The product reads from a buffer using buffer access mechanisms such as indexes or pointers that reference memory locations after the targeted buffer. Impacted is availability.

It is possible to read the advisory at docs.qualcomm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-21448 since 12/18/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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-2025-9987). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Class: Buffer over-read
CWE: CWE-126 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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12/18/2024 🔍
04/07/2025 +109 days 🔍
04/07/2025 +0 days 🔍
10/07/2025 +183 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-21448 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-21448
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-303683
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/07/2025 12:53
Updated: 10/07/2025 04:02
Changes: 04/07/2025 12:53 (62), 10/04/2025 17:18 (1), 10/07/2025 04:02 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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