Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto FastConnect 6800 up to WSA8830 Camera Kernel Driver config_dev use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wearables. It has been declared as critical. This impacts the function config_dev of the component Camera Kernel Driver. Such manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-27037. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wearables. Affected by this issue is the function config_dev of the component Camera Kernel Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory corruption while processing config_dev IOCTL when camera kernel driver drops its reference to CPU buffers.

The advisory is available at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-27037 since 02/18/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/24/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-30992). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.8
CNA Vector (qualcomm): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

02/18/2025 CVE reserved
09/24/2025 +217 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-2025-27037 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-27037
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-325730
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/24/2025 18:31
Updated: 09/24/2025 23:33
Changes: 09/24/2025 18:31 (65), 09/24/2025 23:33 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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