CVE-2025-21458 HIGH

CVE-2025-21458: Use After Free in NPU

Vendor Qualcomm, Inc.
Product Snapdragon
Weakness CWE-416
Published August 6, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026
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CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Memory corruption when IOCTL interface is called to map and unmap buffers simultaneously.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 6, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated