Vulnerability · Published Aug 6, 2025 · Assigned by qualcomm

CVE-2025-21458Use After Free in NPU

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in Snapdragon from Qualcomm, Inc.. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)<0.1%top 99.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Memory corruption when IOCTL interface is called to map and unmap buffers simultaneously.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon FastConnect 6900QAM8255PQAM8650PQAM8775PQCA6174AQCA6698AQQCA6797AQSA7255P

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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