CVE-2025-27036VulnerabilityPublished 24 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-27036: Qualcomm Snapdragon · Buffer Over-read

Affects Qualcomm SnapdragonSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.1Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.08% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 0% 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:N/A:L

Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable component is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either: the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or remotely (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., tricking a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: Low: Performance is reduced or there are interruptions in resource availability. Even if repeated exploitation of the vulnerability is possible, the attacker does not have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. The resources in the impacted component are either partially available all of the time, or fully available only some of the time, but overall there is no direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Sep 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 2026-10-26.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-27036, European organizations should: 1) Monitor Qualcomm and device vendors for official patches or firmware updates addressing this vulnerability and prioritize timely deployment once available. 2) Implement strict access controls and endpoint security measures to prevent unauthorized local access to devices with affected Snapdragon components. This includes enforcing least privilege principles, device hardening, and restricting physical access. 3) Employ runtime protection mechanisms such as memory protection and anomaly detection on devices where feasible to detect abnormal memory access patterns. 4) Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments focusing on devices using Qualcomm hardware to identify potential exploitation attempts. 5) Educate users and administrators about the risks of local privilege escalation and information disclosure vulnerabilities to reduce insider threat risks. 6) For organizations deploying custom firmware or software on affected platforms, review and harden input validation routines in the video engine processing pipeline to prevent buffer over-read conditions. 7) Consider network segmentation and isolation of critical systems using affected hardware to limit lateral movement in case of compromise.

Description

Information disclosure when Video engine escape input data is less than expected minimum size.

Impact

For European organizations, this vulnerability poses a significant risk to confidentiality, particularly in environments where devices with affected Qualcomm Snapdragon components are used. Since the vulnerability allows local attackers with low privileges to read sensitive memory contents, it could lead to leakage of cryptographic keys, user data, or other confidential information stored in memory. This is especially critical for sectors handling sensitive personal data, such as finance, healthcare, and government agencies, which are subject to strict data protection regulations like GDPR. The low availability impact means service disruption is unlikely, but the confidentiality breach could result in compliance violations, reputational damage, and potential financial penalties. The requirement for local access limits remote exploitation, but insider threats or compromised devices could leverage this vulnerability. Additionally, the affected platforms are common in mobile and edge computing devices, which are prevalent in European enterprises and consumer markets, increasing the potential attack surface.

CWE-126Buffer Over-read (opens in a new tab)
Variant weakness
The product reads from a buffer using buffer access mechanisms such as indexes or pointers that reference memory locations after the targeted buffer.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
XML Security (opens in a new tab)
Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.3 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/september-2025-bulletin.html (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 2 Oct 2025, 01:08 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-126

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