CVE-2025-21479
Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets: Incorrect Authorization
As of , CVE-2025-21479 in Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 3 June 2025
- US federal deadline
- 24 June 202521 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.01Higher than 56% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: docs.qualcomm.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA's required action
- docs.qualcomm.comPlease check with specific vendors (OEMs,) for information on patching status. For more information, please see
What the flaw is
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.
CISA's description
Memory corruption due to unauthorized command execution in GPU micronode while executing specific sequence of commands.
The CVE record's description, from qualcomm
- CVE published
- 3 June 2025
- Assigned by
- qualcomm
- CVSS
- 8.6 High (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
- CWE-863
- Incorrect Authorization
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Multiple Chipsets: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-1905Use-After-Free | Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets | Patch soon | 0.02 | ||
| CVE-2026-21385Memory Corruption | Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets | Patch soon | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2025-27038Use-After-Free | Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets | Patch soon | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2023-33106Use of Out-of-Range Pointer Offset | Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets | Patch soon | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2023-33107Integer Overflow | Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets | Patch soon | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2024-43047Use-After-Free | Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets | Patch soon | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2023-33063Use-After-Free | Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets | Patch soon | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2021-1906Detection of Error Condition Without Action | Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets | Patch soon | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2025-21480Incorrect Authorization | Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets | Patch soon | 0.00 | ||
| CVE-2022-22071Use-After-Free | Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets | Patch soon | 0.00 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org