CVE-2022-25666 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Medium 6.7 Published 19 Oct 2022 Updated 9 May 2025

A use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon services allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via concurrent thread access.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2022-25666?

CVE-2022-25666 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, published on 19 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory corruption due to use after free in service while trying to access maps by different threads in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25666?

It affects 148 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar9380 Firmware, Qualcomm Csr8811 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq4018 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware and 142 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-25666?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2022-25666 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25666 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as 3097037, A-228095650, GHSA-hfxv-cg89-rc8f, PUB-A-228095650.