CVE-2025-21474 Use After Free in BTHOST

High 7.8 Published Updated

A use-after-free flaw in Qualcomm Snapdragon Bluetooth firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via A2DP commands.

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-2025-21474?

CVE-2025-21474 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6800 Firmware, published on 6 Aug 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 commands from A2dp sink command queue.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-21474?

It affects 45 products.

Products include Qualcomm Fastconnect 6800 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Qam8295p Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6391 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6426 Firmware and 39 more.

How do I fix CVE-2025-21474?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-21474 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2025-21474 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21474 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Fastconnect 6800 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v66r-m998-m46p.

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