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CVE-2025-21480: Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2025-21480
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

vendor: QualcommPrivilege escalation
What
An incorrect authorization vulnerability allows for memory corruption due to unauthorized command execution.
Who is affected
Users of multiple Qualcomm chipsets are affected.
Urgency
Remediation is critical due to the potential for exploitation and the severity of the vulnerability.
Action
Update firmware for affected Qualcomm chipsets.

AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.

Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2025-06-03
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21480

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.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2025-21480coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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