CVE-2025-21438 (GCVE-0-2025-21438)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-07 10:16 – Updated: 2026-02-26 18:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Out-of-bounds Read in Windows WLAN Host
Summary
Memory corruption while IOCTL call is invoked from user-space to read board data.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-08 03:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
Assigner
qualcomm
CNA
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualcomm, Inc. | Snapdragon |
Affected:
FastConnect 6200
Affected: FastConnect 6700 Affected: FastConnect 6900 Affected: FastConnect 7800 Affected: QCA6164 Affected: QCA6174 Affected: QCA6174A Affected: QCA6595AU Affected: QCA9377 Affected: QCM5430 Affected: QCM6490 Affected: QCN7605 Affected: QCN7606 Affected: QCS5430 Affected: QCS6490 Affected: Qualcomm Video Collaboration VC3 Platform Affected: SC8180X+SDX55 Affected: SC8380XP Affected: SM6250 Affected: Snapdragon 7c Compute Platform (SC7180-AC) Affected: Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 Compute Platform (SC7180-AD) "Rennell Pro" Affected: Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 Compute Affected: Snapdragon 8c Compute Platform (SC8180X-AD) "Poipu Lite" Affected: Snapdragon 8c Compute Platform (SC8180XP-AD) "Poipu Lite" Affected: Snapdragon 8cx Compute Platform (SC8180X-AA, AB) Affected: Snapdragon 8cx Compute Platform (SC8180XP-AC, AF) "Poipu Pro" Affected: Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G Compute Platform (SC8180X-AC, AF) "Poipu Pro" Affected: Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G Compute Platform (SC8180XP-AA, AB) Affected: Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Compute Platform (SC8280XP-AB, BB) Affected: WCD9370 Affected: WCD9375 Affected: WCD9380 Affected: WCD9385 Affected: WSA8830 Affected: WSA8835 Affected: WSA8840 Affected: WSA8845 Affected: WSA8845H |
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