Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to XR1 Platform RTP Packet Decoder buffer over-read

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wearables. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component RTP Packet Decoder. Such manipulation leads to buffer over-read. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-21487. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wearables and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component RTP Packet Decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer over-read vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Information disclosure while decoding RTP packet received by UE from the network, when payload length mentioned is greater than the available buffer length.

The advisory is shared for download at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-21487 since 12/18/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. 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 09/24/2025).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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CNA Base Score: 8.2
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Exploitinginfo

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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/18/2024 CVE reserved
09/24/2025 +279 days Advisory disclosed
09/24/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/24/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-21487 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-21487
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-325724

Entryinfo

Created: 09/24/2025 18:28
Changes: 09/24/2025 18:28 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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