CVE-2025-21438

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Memory corruption while IOCTL call is invoked from user-space to read board data.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.0016

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

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Affected Products & Versions

qualcomm fastconnect 6200 firmwareall versions
qualcomm fastconnect 6700 firmwareall versions
qualcomm fastconnect 6900 firmwareall versions
qualcomm fastconnect 7800 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qca6164 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qca6174 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qca6174a firmwareall versions
qualcomm qca6595au firmwareall versions
Show all 43 affected productsqualcomm qca9377 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qcm5430 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qcm6490 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qcn7605 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qcn7606 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qcs5430 firmwareall versions
qualcomm qcs6490 firmwareall versions
qualcomm video collaboration vc3 platform firmwareall versions
qualcomm sc8180x\+sdx55 firmwareall versions
qualcomm sc8380xp firmwareall versions
qualcomm sm6250 firmwareall versions
qualcomm snapdragon 7c compute platform \(sc7180-ac\) firmwareall versions
qualcomm snapdragon 7c gen 2 compute platform \(sc7180-ad\) \"rennell pro\" firmwareall versions
qualcomm snapdragon 7c\+ gen 3 compute firmwareall versions
qualcomm snapdragon 8c compute platform \(sc8180x-ad\) firmwareall versions
qualcomm snapdragon 8c compute platform \(sc8180xp-ad\) firmwareall versions
qualcomm snapdragon 8cx compute platform \(sc8180x-aa\) firmwareall versions
qualcomm snapdragon 8cx compute platform \(sc8180x-ab\) firmwareall versions
qualcomm snapdragon 8cx compute platform \(sc8180xp-ac\) firmwareall versions
qualcomm snapdragon 8cx compute platform \(sc8180xp-af\) firmwareall versions
qualcomm snapdragon 8cx gen 2 5g compute platform \(sc8180x-ac\) firmwareall versions
qualcomm snapdragon 8cx gen 2 5g compute platform \(sc8180x-af\) firmwareall versions
qualcomm snapdragon 8cx gen 2 5g compute platform \(sc8180xp-aa\) firmwareall versions
qualcomm snapdragon 8cx gen 2 5g compute platform \(sc8180xp-ab\) firmwareall versions
qualcomm snapdragon 8cx gen 3 compute platform \(sc8280xp-ab\) firmwareall versions
qualcomm snapdragon 8cx gen 3 compute platform \(sc8280xp-bb\) firmwareall versions
qualcomm wcd9370 firmwareall versions
qualcomm wcd9375 firmwareall versions
qualcomm wcd9380 firmwareall versions
qualcomm wcd9385 firmwareall versions
qualcomm wsa8830 firmwareall versions
qualcomm wsa8835 firmwareall versions
qualcomm wsa8840 firmwareall versions
qualcomm wsa8845 firmwareall versions
qualcomm wsa8845h firmwareall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

7.8

HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · product-security@qualcomm.com

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD07 Apr 2025 · 11:15 AM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Exploitation

none

Automatable

Technical impact

total

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/april-2025-bulletin.htmlVendor Advisory

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