Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to XR1 Platform MBN File out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon CCW, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon MC, Snapdragon MDM, 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 MBN File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-21465. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon CCW, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon MC, Snapdragon MDM, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Technology, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon WBC, Snapdragon Wearables and Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking. This affects an unknown functionality of the component MBN File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Information disclosure while processing the hash segment in an MBN file.

The advisory is shared at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-21465 since 12/18/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1944). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Google Android

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/18/2024 CVE reserved
08/06/2025 +230 days Advisory disclosed
08/06/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/28/2025 +114 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-21465 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-21465
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-319005
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1944 - Android Patchday September 2025: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2025 10:04
Updated: 11/28/2025 18:48
Changes: 08/06/2025 10:04 (64), 09/07/2025 19:32 (7), 11/28/2025 18:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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