Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to WSA8835 assertion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT and Snapdragon Mobile and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in assertion. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-21452. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT and Snapdragon Mobile. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a assertion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-617. The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Transient DOS while processing a random-access response (RAR) with an invalid PDU length on LTE network.

The advisory is shared for download at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-21452 since 12/18/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Assertion
CWE: CWE-617
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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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
08/21/2025 +15 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-21452 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-21452
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-319008

Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2025 10:06
Updated: 08/21/2025 05:26
Changes: 08/06/2025 10:06 (62), 08/21/2025 05:26 (1)
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