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CVE-2025-27037: Qualcomm Snapdragon · Use After Free

Affects Qualcomm SnapdragonSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
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:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Sep 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-27037, organizations should: 1) Monitor Qualcomm and device manufacturers for official patches and apply them promptly once released. 2) Restrict local access to devices by enforcing strict user privilege separation and limiting administrative rights to trusted personnel only. 3) Employ mobile device management (MDM) solutions to control and monitor device configurations and detect anomalous behavior indicative of exploitation attempts. 4) Disable or restrict access to the vulnerable camera kernel driver interfaces where feasible, especially in high-security environments. 5) Implement kernel-level exploit mitigations such as Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR), Control Flow Integrity (CFI), and memory protection mechanisms to reduce exploitation success. 6) Conduct regular security audits and penetration testing focusing on local privilege escalation vectors. 7) Educate users about the risks of installing untrusted applications that could leverage local vulnerabilities. These measures, combined with timely patching, will reduce the risk of exploitation significantly.

Description

Memory corruption while processing config_dev IOCTL when camera kernel driver drops its reference to CPU buffers.

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