Use After Free in Qualcomm products - CVE-2025-21458

 

Use After Free in Qualcomm products - CVE-2025-21458

Published: September 1, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU114630
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21458
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local application to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in NPU. A local application can execute arbitrary code.


Affected software

SA8775P
WSA8835
WSA8830
WCN3988
WCN3980
WCD9385
WCD9380
SW5100P
SW5100
Snapdragon 888+ 5G Mobile Platform (SM8350-AC)
Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform
FastConnect 6900
SA8650P
SA8255P
SA7775P
SA7255P
QCA6797AQ
QCA6698AQ
QAM8775P
QAM8650P
QAM8255P
SA9000P
SA8620P
QCA6174A

How to mitigate CVE-2025-21458

Install security update from vendor's website.


External References

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