Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to WSA8845H Vide Firmware buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon WBC, Snapdragon Wearables and Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking. Affected is an unknown function of the component Vide Firmware Handler. Such manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-27043. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon WBC, Snapdragon Wearables and Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Vide Firmware Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory corruption while processing manipulated payload in video firmware.

The advisory is shared for download at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-27043 since 02/18/2025. The exploitation is known 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 09/07/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1944). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Google Android

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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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

02/18/2025 🔍
07/08/2025 +139 days 🔍
07/08/2025 +0 days 🔍
09/07/2025 +61 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-27043 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-27043
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315380
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1944 - Android Patchday September 2025: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2025 17:13
Updated: 09/07/2025 19:32
Changes: 07/08/2025 17:13 (64), 07/22/2025 00:45 (1), 09/07/2025 19:32 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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