Vulnerability · CVE-2025-21480
Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability
Published Jun 2, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon
Patch now
CVE-2025-21480 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 24, 2025. Confirm Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
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- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High8.6
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 46.00%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe qualcomm/aqt1000 firmware · cpe qualcomm/fastconnect 6200 firmware · cpe qualcomm/fastconnect 6700 firmware · cpe qualcomm/fastconnect 6800 firmware · cpe qualcomm/fastconnect 6900 firmware · cpe qualcomm/fastconnect 7800 firmware
Multiple Qualcomm chipsets contain an incorrect authorization vulnerability. This vulnerability allows for memory corruption due to unauthorized command execution in GPU micronode while executing specific sequence of commands.
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- cpe qualcomm/aqt1000 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe qualcomm/fastconnect 6200 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe qualcomm/fastconnect 6700 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe qualcomm/fastconnect 6800 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe qualcomm/fastconnect 6900 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe qualcomm/fastconnect 7800 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe qualcomm/qca6391 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe qualcomm/qcm4490 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe qualcomm/qcs4490 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe qualcomm/sc8380xp firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe qualcomm/sd855 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe qualcomm/sm4635 firmwareversion unspecified
- vendor Qualcomm Multiple Chipsetsversion unspecified
- vendor Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon SM8635SM8635
How to fix CVE-2025-21480
Recommended remediation
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA due date Jun 24, 2025.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2025-21480 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 24, 2025. Confirm Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon SM8635 SM8635. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization. EPSS 46.00%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jun 2, 2025 · Catalog
Detected
Multiple Qualcomm chipsets contain an incorrect authorization vulnerability. This vulnerability allows for memory corruption due to unauthorized command execution in GPU micronode while executing specific sequence of commands.
Jun 3, 2025 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Jun 24, 2025 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Jun 17, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
Multiple Qualcomm chipsets contain an incorrect authorization vulnerability. This vulnerability allows for memory corruption due to unauthorized command execution in GPU micronode while executing specific sequence of commands.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-21480
Multiple Qualcomm chipsets contain an incorrect authorization vulnerability. This vulnerability allows for memory corruption due to unauthorized command execution in GPU micronode while executing specific sequence of commands.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-21480
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-21480
30-day exploitation probability 46.0%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-16705
Memory corruption due to unauthorized command execution in GPU micronode while executing specific sequence of commands.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-21480
Memory corruption due to unauthorized command execution in GPU micronode while executing specific sequence of commands.
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-21480
Multiple Qualcomm chipsets contain an incorrect authorization vulnerability. This vulnerability allows for memory corruption due to unauthorized command execution in GPU micronode while executing specific sequence of commands.
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.