Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to SRV1M EMAC buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto. This affects an unknown part of the component EMAC. The manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-21444. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component EMAC. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory corruption while copying the result to the transmission queue in EMAC.

The advisory is shared for download at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-21444 since 12/18/2024. The exploitability is told 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 07/22/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-20489). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / 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 🔍
07/08/2025 +201 days 🔍
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07/22/2025 +13 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-21444 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-21444
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315372
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2025 17:03
Updated: 07/22/2025 00:26
Changes: 07/08/2025 17:03 (64), 07/10/2025 10:35 (1), 07/22/2025 00:26 (1)
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