Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to WSA8845H buffer over-read

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon CCW, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon WBC. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes buffer over-read. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-21459. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon CCW, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon WBC. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer over-read vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The advisory is shared at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-21459 since 12/18/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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Class: Buffer over-read
CWE: CWE-126 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/18/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-21459 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-21459
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-307609

Entryinfo

Created: 05/06/2025 11:35
Changes: 05/06/2025 11:35 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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