Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to WSA8845H FW Response out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon CCW, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon WBC and Snapdragon Wearables and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component FW Response Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-21468. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon CCW, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon WBC and Snapdragon Wearables. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component FW Response Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory corruption while reading response from FW, when buffer size is changed by FW while driver is using this size to write null character at the end of buffer.

The advisory is shared for download at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-21468 since 12/18/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/11/2025).

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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 write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/18/2024 🔍
05/06/2025 +138 days 🔍
05/06/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/11/2025 +97 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-21468 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-21468
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-307612

Entryinfo

Created: 05/06/2025 11:36
Updated: 08/11/2025 18:30
Changes: 05/06/2025 11:36 (64), 08/11/2025 18:30 (1)
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