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CVE-2025-21486

Memory corruption during dynamic process creation call when client is only passing address and length of shell binary.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8, requiring local system access to exploit with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 62 products from qualcomm, from qualcomm, from qualcomm and 59 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2025, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2025-06-03T06:15:26.590

Last Modified

2025-08-20T20:25:35.943

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-822
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System qualcomm fastconnect_6900_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm fastconnect_6900 - No
Operating System qualcomm fastconnect_7800_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm fastconnect_7800 - No
Operating System qualcomm qmp1000_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm qmp1000 - No
Operating System qualcomm sm8735_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm sm8735 - No
Operating System qualcomm sm8750_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm sm8750 - No
Operating System qualcomm sm8750p_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm sm8750p - No
Operating System qualcomm snapdragon_w5\+_gen_1_wearable_platform_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm snapdragon_w5\+_gen_1_wearable_platform - No
Operating System qualcomm sw5100_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm sw5100 - No
Operating System qualcomm sw5100p_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm sw5100p - No
Operating System qualcomm sxr2230p_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm sxr2230p - No
Operating System qualcomm sxr2250p_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm sxr2250p - No
Operating System qualcomm sxr2330p_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm sxr2330p - No
Operating System qualcomm wcd9378_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcd9378 - No
Operating System qualcomm wcd9380_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcd9380 - No
Operating System qualcomm wcd9385_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcd9385 - No
Operating System qualcomm wcd9395_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcd9395 - No
Operating System qualcomm wcn3660b_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcn3660b - No
Operating System qualcomm wcn3680b_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcn3680b - No
Operating System qualcomm wcn3980_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcn3980 - No
Operating System qualcomm wcn3988_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcn3988 - No
Operating System qualcomm wcn7750_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcn7750 - No
Operating System qualcomm wcn7860_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcn7860 - No
Operating System qualcomm wcn7861_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcn7861 - No
Operating System qualcomm wcn7880_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcn7880 - No
Operating System qualcomm wcn7881_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wcn7881 - No
Operating System qualcomm wsa8830_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wsa8830 - No
Operating System qualcomm wsa8832_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wsa8832 - No
Operating System qualcomm wsa8835_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wsa8835 - No
Operating System qualcomm wsa8840_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wsa8840 - No
Operating System qualcomm wsa8845_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wsa8845 - No
Operating System qualcomm wsa8845h_firmware - Yes
Hardware qualcomm wsa8845h - No
References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For qualcomm's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.