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CVE-2025-21439VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-21439: Qualcomm Snapdragon · Out-of-bounds Write

Affects Qualcomm SnapdragonSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 1% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 7 Apr 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-21439, organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Monitor Qualcomm and OEM advisories closely and apply security patches immediately once available to address the vulnerability in affected WLAN drivers. 2) Restrict local access to devices by enforcing strict user privilege management, limiting administrative rights, and employing endpoint protection solutions to detect suspicious activity. 3) Use application whitelisting and behavior monitoring to prevent unauthorized execution of code that could exploit the vulnerability. 4) Employ network segmentation to isolate critical systems and reduce the risk of lateral movement by attackers who gain local access. 5) Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments focusing on local privilege escalation vectors to identify and remediate potential attack paths. 6) Educate users and administrators about the risks of local exploits and the importance of maintaining updated device firmware and drivers. 7) For high-security environments, consider disabling or limiting IOCTL interfaces related to WLAN drivers if feasible, to reduce the attack surface. These targeted actions go beyond generic patching advice and focus on reducing the likelihood of local exploitation and limiting impact if exploited.

Description

Memory corruption may occur while reading board data via IOCTL call when the WLAN driver copies the content to the provided output buffer.

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