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Full vulnerability report · 2025
CVE-2025-21486High confidence

Untrusted Pointer Dereference in DSP Service

Qualcomm, Inc. · Snapdragon

7.8HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Fix not verified
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2025-16703

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Fix not verified
01

What, why and how

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

What

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

Why

The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

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

Why

The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → Untrusted Pointer Dereference → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-822 ↗

CWE-822: Untrusted Pointer Dereference. The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
CWE-822
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2025-1225Android Patchday Juni 2025: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Google Android ausnutzen, um seine Rechte zu erweitern, beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service auszulösen und weitere nicht spezifizierte Auswirkungen zu erzielen. Zur erfolgreichen Ausnutzung ist eine Benutzeraktion erforderlich.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0472Multiples vulnérabilités dans Google Android

g/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53021 Référence CVE CVE-2024-53026 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53026 Référence CVE CVE-2025-0073 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0073 Référence CVE CVE-2025-0468 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0468 Référence CVE CVE-2025-0478 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0478 Référence CVE CVE-2025-0819 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0819 Référence CVE CVE-2025-0835 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0835 Référence CVE CVE-2025-21424 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21424 Référence CVE CVE-2025-21485 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21485 Référence CVE CVE-2025-21486 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21486 Référence CVE CVE-2025-25178 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-25178 Référence CVE CVE-2025-26432 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26432 Référence CVE CVE-2025-26437 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26437 Référence CVE CVE-2025-26441 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26441 Référence CVE CVE-2025-26443 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26443 Référence CVE CVE-2025-26445 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26445 Référence CVE CVE-2025-26448 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26448 Référence CVE CVE-2025-26449 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
NCSC-NL · Dutch · NCSC-2025-0185Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Google Android en Samsung Mobile

De kwetsbaarheden bevinden zich in de wijze waarop de GPU Kernel Drivers omgaan met systeemoproepen van niet-geprivilegieerde gebruikers. Dit kan leiden tot ongeautoriseerde toegang tot geheugen, geheugenmanipulatie en systeeminstabiliteit. Aangevallen systemen kunnen onvoorspelbaar gedrag vertonen of vastlopen, wat een significante impact heeft op de integriteit en vertrouwelijkheid van gegevens. De kwetsbaarheden zijn vooral zorgwekkend in omgevingen waar gebruikersprivileges niet strikt worden gehandhaafd.

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Fix not verified
Affected
FastConnect 6900; FastConnect 7800; QMP1000; SM8735; SM8750; SM8750P; Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 Wearable Platform; SW5100
Fixed
No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
Action
No verified patch reference is present in the current structured sources. Check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 3 Jun 2025 · Last source change 26 Feb 2026, 18:27 UTC · CWE-822 · Untrusted Pointer Dereference

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-16703
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD enriched

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-16703↗CVE authority or vendor reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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