CVE-2025-21479: Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
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.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- This vulnerability allows for memory corruption due to unauthorized command execution in GPU micronode while executing specific sequence of commands.
- Who is affected
- Multiple Qualcomm chipsets are affected by this vulnerability.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent as exploitation is confirmed and the severity is critical.
- Action
- Update firmware to mitigate the vulnerability.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21479
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2025-21479Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 47% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-21479 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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