CVE-2025-21431 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Automotive OS Platform

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A race condition in Qualcomm's Automotive OS allows information disclosure when a guest VM is connected.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-21431?

CVE-2025-21431 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Qam8255p Firmware, published on 7 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Information disclosure may be there when a guest VM is connected.

Weakness: CWE-367

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-21431?

It affects 36 products.

Products include Qualcomm Qam8255p Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8295p Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8620p Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8650p Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8775p Firmware, Qualcomm Qamsrv1h Firmware and 30 more.

How do I fix CVE-2025-21431?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-21431 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-21431 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21431 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Qam8255p Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p9f7-mwqh-hwrj.

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