CVE-2022-25681 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile

High 8.4 Published 13 Dec 2022 Updated 22 Apr 2025

Memory corruption in the kernel due to incorrect cache invalidation allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges on Snapdragon devices.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-25681?

CVE-2022-25681 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, published on 13 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Possible memory corruption in kernel while performing memory access due to hypervisor not correctly invalidated the processor translation caches in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25681?

It affects 98 products.

Products include Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8295p Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6174a Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6310 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6335 Firmware and 92 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-25681?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25681 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-25681 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25681 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mph7-2393-pmmf.