Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to XR1 Platform SSID IE buffer over-read

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon CCW, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon MC, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Technology, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon WBC, Snapdragon Wearables and Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking. Impacted is an unknown function of the component SSID IE Handler. Performing a manipulation results in buffer over-read. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-21449. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to 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 IoT, Snapdragon MC, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Technology, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon WBC, Snapdragon Wearables and Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component SSID IE Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer over-read vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Transient DOS may occur while processing malformed length field in SSID IEs.

It is possible to read the advisory at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-21449 since 12/18/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for 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 CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1944). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Google Android

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Class: Buffer over-read
CWE: CWE-126 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/18/2024 🔍
07/08/2025 +201 days 🔍
07/08/2025 +0 days 🔍
09/07/2025 +61 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-21449 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-21449
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315375
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1944 - Android Patchday September 2025: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2025 17:03
Updated: 09/07/2025 18:18
Changes: 07/08/2025 17:03 (63), 07/22/2025 00:26 (1), 09/07/2025 18:18 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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