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CVE-2025-21486: qualcomm, inc. snapdragon Untrusted Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 03-06-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-21486 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Untrusted Pointer Dereference vulnerability in qualcomm, inc. snapdragon. EPSS estimates a 0.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.10%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

1%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.10% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.10%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Qualcomm31 products
Qualcomm, inc.1 product
  • snapdragonFastConnect 6900 | FastConnect 7800 | QMP1000 | SM8735 | SM8750 | SM8750P | Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 Wearable Platform | SW5100 | SW5100P | SXR2230P | SXR2250P | SXR2330P | WCD9378 | WCD9380 | WCD9385 | WCD9395 | WCN3660B | WCN3680B | WCN3980 | WCN3988 | WCN7750 | WCN7860 | WCN7861 | WCN7880 | WCN7881 | WSA8830 | WSA8832 | WSA8835 | WSA8840 | WSA8845 | WSA8845H

2 vendors · 32 products

References

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