Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to WSA8845H VM Image Parser improper access control applied to mirrored or aliased memory regions

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon MDM, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Technology and Snapdragon WBC. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component VM Image Parser. This manipulation causes improper access control applied to mirrored or aliased memory regions. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-27032. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon MDM, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Technology and Snapdragon WBC. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component VM Image Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper access control applied to mirrored or aliased memory regions vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-1257. Aliased or mirrored memory regions in hardware designs may have inconsistent read/write permissions enforced by the hardware. A possible result is that an untrusted agent is blocked from accessing a memory region but is not blocked from accessing the corresponding aliased memory region. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

memory corruption while loading a PIL authenticated VM, when authenticated VM image is loaded without maintaining cache coherency.

It is possible to read the advisory at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-27032 since 02/18/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/24/2025).

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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Class: Improper access control applied to mirrored or aliased memory regions
CWE: CWE-1257 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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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-2025-27032 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-27032
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-325735

Entryinfo

Created: 09/24/2025 18:32
Changes: 09/24/2025 18:32 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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