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Status published
High
CVE-2025-21456
Use After Free in NPU
Vulnerability Description
Memory corruption while processing IOCTL command when multiple threads are called to map/unmap buffer concurrently.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
Qualcomm, Inc.
View all reports →Affected Software
Snapdragon
Vulnerable Versions:
AR8035, C-V2X 9150, FastConnect 6900, FastConnect 7800, QAM8255P, QAM8295P, QAM8650P, QAM8775P, QCA6174A, QCA6574AU, QCA6584AU, QCA6696, QCA6698AQ, QCA6797AQ, QCA8081, QCA8337, QCC710, QCN6224, QCN6274, QCS410, QCS610, QFW7114, QFW7124, Qualcomm Video Collaboration VC1 Platform, Qualcomm Video Collaboration VC3 Platform, SA6145P, SA6150P, SA6155P, SA7255P, SA7775P, SA8145P, SA8150P, SA8155P, SA8195P, SA8255P, SA8295P, SA8530P, SA8540P, SA8620P, SA8650P, SA8775P, SA9000P, Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform, Snapdragon 888+ 5G Mobile Platform (SM8350-AC), Snapdragon Auto 5G Modem-RF Gen 2, Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 Wearable Platform, Snapdragon X72 5G Modem-RF System, Snapdragon X75 5G Modem-RF System, SW5100, SW5100P, WCD9340, WCD9341, WCD9370, WCD9380, WCD9385, WCN3660B, WCN3680B, WCN3950, WCN3980, WCN3988, WSA8810, WSA8815, WSA8830, WSA8835
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 6th, 2025
Last Modified:
February 26th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H