Is CVE-2025-21480 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-21480 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-10-28.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-21480?

CVE-2025-21480 has a CVSS score of 8.6 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2025-21480?

Patch guidance is available from qualcomm security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2025-21480.

Fix CVE-2025-21480 - HIGH qualcomm aqt1000 firmware

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2025-21480?

76 products: qualcomm aqt1000 firmware, qualcomm fastconnect 6200 firmware, qualcomm fastconnect 6700 firmware, qualcomm fastconnect 6800 firmware, qualcomm fastconnect 6900 firmware, and 71 more.

Description

Memory corruption due to unauthorized command execution in GPU micronode while executing specific sequence of commands.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: required
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization

Metadata

Primary Vendor: QUALCOMM
Published: 6/3/2025
Last Modified: 10/28/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

qualcomm : aqt1000_firmwarequalcomm : fastconnect_6200_firmwarequalcomm : fastconnect_6700_firmwarequalcomm : fastconnect_6800_firmwarequalcomm : fastconnect_6900_firmwarequalcomm : fastconnect_7800_firmwarequalcomm : qca6391_firmwarequalcomm : qcm4490_firmwarequalcomm : qcs4490_firmwarequalcomm : sc8380xp_firmwarequalcomm : sd855_firmwarequalcomm : sm4635_firmwarequalcomm : sm6250_firmwarequalcomm : sm6650_firmwarequalcomm : sm6650p_firmwarequalcomm : sm7325p_firmwarequalcomm : sm7635_firmwarequalcomm : sm7675_firmwarequalcomm : sm7675p_firmwarequalcomm : sm8550p_firmwarequalcomm : sm8635_firmwarequalcomm : sm8635p_firmwarequalcomm : sm8650q_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_4_gen_1_mobile_platform_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_460_mobile_platform_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_480_5g_mobile_platform_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_480\+_5g_mobile_platform_\(sm4350-ac\)_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_662_mobile_platform_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_680_4g_mobile_platform_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_685_4g_mobile_platform_\(sm6225-ad\)_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_690_5g_mobile_platform_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_695_5g_mobile_platform_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_720g_mobile_platform_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_778g_5g_mobile_platform_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_778g\+_5g_mobile_platform_\(sm7325-ae\)_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_782g_mobile_platform_\(sm7325-af\)_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_7c\+_gen_3_compute_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_8_gen_2_mobile_platform_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_8_gen_3_mobile_platform_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_8\+_gen_2_mobile_platform_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_855_mobile_platform_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_855\+\/860_mobile_platform_\(sm8150-ac\)_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_865_5g_mobile_platform_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_865\+_5g_mobile_platform_\(sm8250-ab\)_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_870_5g_mobile_platform_\(sm8250-ac\)_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_888_5g_mobile_platform_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_888\+_5g_mobile_platform_\(sm8350-ac\)_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_ar1_gen_1_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_ar1_gen_1_platform_\"luna1\"_firmwarequalcomm : snapdragon_x55_5g_modem-rf_system_firmwarequalcomm : sxr2230p_firmwarequalcomm : sxr2250p_firmwarequalcomm : sxr2330p_firmwarequalcomm : wcd9341_firmwarequalcomm : wcd9370_firmwarequalcomm : wcd9375_firmwarequalcomm : wcd9378_firmwarequalcomm : wcd9380_firmwarequalcomm : wcd9385_firmwarequalcomm : wcd9390_firmwarequalcomm : wcd9395_firmwarequalcomm : wcn3950_firmwarequalcomm : wcn3988_firmwarequalcomm : wcn6450_firmwarequalcomm : wcn6650_firmwarequalcomm : wcn6755_firmwarequalcomm : wcn7861_firmwarequalcomm : wcn7881_firmwarequalcomm : wsa8810_firmwarequalcomm : wsa8815_firmwarequalcomm : wsa8830_firmwarequalcomm : wsa8832_firmwarequalcomm : wsa8835_firmwarequalcomm : wsa8840_firmwarequalcomm : wsa8845_firmwarequalcomm : wsa8845h_firmware

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD