CVE-2025-47381: Qualcomm Snapdragon · Use After Free
Affects Qualcomm SnapdragonSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:34 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.07% 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:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 2 Mar 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Qualcomm, Inc.Snapdragon | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
- Monitor Qualcomm’s official channels for patches and apply them promptly once available to affected Snapdragon devices.
- Restrict local access to IOCTL interfaces by enforcing strict access controls and permissions, limiting exposure to untrusted users or applications.
- Employ application whitelisting and sandboxing to prevent untrusted or malicious apps from invoking vulnerable IOCTL calls.
- Implement runtime protections such as memory corruption mitigations (e.g., ASLR, DEP) where supported by the device OS to reduce exploitation success.
- Conduct regular security audits and penetration testing focusing on local privilege escalation vectors on devices using affected chipsets.
- Educate users and administrators about the risks of installing untrusted applications or granting unnecessary privileges.
- Use endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions to detect anomalous behavior indicative of exploitation attempts.
- For enterprise deployments, consider network segmentation and device isolation to limit the impact of compromised devices.
- Maintain up-to-date backups and incident response plans to recover quickly from potential exploitation or denial of service events.
Description
Memory Corruption while processing IOCTL calls when concurrent access to shared buffer occurs.