CVE-2025-21469 Improper Access Control in Camera Driver

High 7.8 Published Updated

Memory corruption in Qualcomm Snapdragon camera driver allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via crafted IOCTL calls.

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-2025-21469?

CVE-2025-21469 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware, published on 6 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory corruption while processing image encoding, when input buffer length is 0 in IOCTL call.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-21469?

It affects 20 products.

Products include Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcm5430 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcm6490 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcs5430 Firmware and 14 more.

How do I fix CVE-2025-21469?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-21469 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-2025-21469 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21469 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jcfm-3qg5-q269.

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