---
id: "CVE-2025-21480"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2025-21480"]
title: "Memory corruption due to unauthorized command execution in GPU micronode while executing specific sequence of commands"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.6
epss: null
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: [{"name": "Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm aqt1000 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm fastconnect 6200 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm fastconnect 6700 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm fastconnect 6800 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm fastconnect 6900 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm fastconnect 7800 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm qca6391 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm qcm4490 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm qcs4490 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm sc8380xp firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm sd855 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm sm4635 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm sm6250 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm sm6650 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm sm6650p firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm sm7325p firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm sm7635 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm sm7675 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm sm7675p firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm sm8550p firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm sm8635 firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm sm8635p firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm sm8650q firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 4 gen 1 mobile platform firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 460 mobile platform firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 480 5g mobile platform firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 480\\+ 5g mobile platform \\(sm4350-ac\\) firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 662 mobile platform firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 680 4g mobile platform firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 685 4g mobile platform \\(sm6225-ad\\) firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 690 5g mobile platform firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 695 5g mobile platform firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 720g mobile platform firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 778g 5g mobile platform firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 778g\\+ 5g mobile platform \\(sm7325-ae\\) firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 782g mobile platform \\(sm7325-af\\) firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 7c\\+ gen 3 compute firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 8 gen 2 mobile platform firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 8 gen 3 mobile platform firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "qualcomm snapdragon 8\\+ gen 2 mobile platform firmware", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["android", "exploited", "infrastructure", "mobile-devices", "qualcomm"]
not_affected_if: ["unknown"]
published_at: "2025-06-03T00:00:00+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-21480", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21480", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00"}]
---

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

Multiple Qualcomm chipsets have an incorrect authorization flaw in the GPU micronode that lets unauthorized commands run during a specific command sequence. An attacker can corrupt memory on the affected device, and CISA reports it is being exploited in the wild.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm aqt1000 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm fastconnect 6200 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm fastconnect 6700 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm fastconnect 6800 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm fastconnect 6900 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm fastconnect 7800 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm qca6391 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm qcm4490 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm qcs4490 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm sc8380xp firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm sd855 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm sm4635 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm sm6250 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm sm6650 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm sm6650p firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm sm7325p firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm sm7635 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm sm7675 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm sm7675p firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm sm8550p firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm sm8635 firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm sm8635p firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm sm8650q firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 4 gen 1 mobile platform firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 460 mobile platform firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 480 5g mobile platform firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 480\+ 5g mobile platform \(sm4350-ac\) firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 662 mobile platform firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 680 4g mobile platform firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 685 4g mobile platform \(sm6225-ad\) firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 690 5g mobile platform firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 695 5g mobile platform firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 720g mobile platform firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 778g 5g mobile platform firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 778g\+ 5g mobile platform \(sm7325-ae\) firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 782g mobile platform \(sm7325-af\) firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 7c\+ gen 3 compute firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 8 gen 2 mobile platform firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 8 gen 3 mobile platform firmware affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:qualcomm snapdragon 8\+ gen 2 mobile platform firmware affected ? fixed ?

## Fix

Apply the mitigations and patches from the vendor (Qualcomm security bulletin); the sources do not name a specific version or setting.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-21480
- 2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21480

## From the sources

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 required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

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