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CVE-2025-21480

Incorrect Authorization in Graphics Windows

  • High 8.6
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 3 Jun 2025

Description

Memory corruption due to unauthorized command execution in GPU micronode while executing specific sequence of commands.

Key facts

Published
3 Jun 2025
Last changed
26 Feb 2026
Assigned by
qualcomm
KEV added
3 Jun 2025
KEV fix due
24 Jun 2025
EPSS
0.428% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 37.623% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 8.6CVSS 3.1, Highfrom the CNA (qualcomm)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What 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 KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Qualcomm, Inc.Snapdragon
  • Default status: unaffected
  • AQT1000 (affected)
  • FastConnect 6200 (affected)
  • FastConnect 6700 (affected)
  • FastConnect 6800 (affected)
  • FastConnect 6900 (affected)
  • FastConnect 7800 (affected)
  • QCA6391 (affected)
  • QCM4490 (affected)
  • QCS4490 (affected)
  • SC8380XP (affected)
  • SD855 (affected)
  • SM4635 (affected)
  • SM6250 (affected)
  • SM6650 (affected)
  • SM6650P (affected)
  • SM7325P (affected)
  • SM7635 (affected)
  • SM7675 (affected)
  • SM7675P (affected)
  • SM8550P (affected)
  • SM8635 (affected)
  • SM8635P (affected)
  • SM8650Q (affected)
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Mobile Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon 460 Mobile Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon 480 5G Mobile Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon 480+ 5G Mobile Platform (SM4350-AC) (affected)
  • Snapdragon 662 Mobile Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon 680 4G Mobile Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon 685 4G Mobile Platform (SM6225-AD) (affected)
  • Snapdragon 690 5G Mobile Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon 695 5G Mobile Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon 720G Mobile Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon 778G 5G Mobile Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon 778G+ 5G Mobile Platform (SM7325-AE) (affected)
  • Snapdragon 782G Mobile Platform (SM7325-AF) (affected)
  • Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 Compute (affected)
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 Mobile Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon 855+/860 Mobile Platform (SM8150-AC) (affected)
  • Snapdragon 865 5G Mobile Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon 865+ 5G Mobile Platform (SM8250-AB) (affected)
  • Snapdragon 870 5G Mobile Platform (SM8250-AC) (affected)
  • Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon 888+ 5G Mobile Platform (SM8350-AC) (affected)
  • Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 Platform (affected)
  • Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 Platform "Luna1" (affected)
  • Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System (affected)
  • SXR2230P (affected)
  • SXR2250P (affected)
  • SXR2330P (affected)
  • WCD9341 (affected)
  • WCD9370 (affected)
  • WCD9375 (affected)
  • WCD9378 (affected)
  • WCD9380 (affected)
  • WCD9385 (affected)
  • WCD9390 (affected)
  • WCD9395 (affected)
  • WCN3950 (affected)
  • WCN3988 (affected)
  • WCN6450 (affected)
  • WCN6650 (affected)
  • WCN6755 (affected)
  • WCN7861 (affected)
  • WCN7881 (affected)
  • WSA8810 (affected)
  • WSA8815 (affected)
  • WSA8830 (affected)
  • WSA8832 (affected)
  • WSA8835 (affected)
  • WSA8840 (affected)
  • WSA8845 (affected)
  • WSA8845H (affected)

Timeline

  1. 3 Jun 2025 CVE-2025-21480 added to CISA KEV
  2. 3 Jun 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue
  3. 3 Jun 2025 Published

Weakness

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