CVE-2025-27041 Buffer Over-read in Video

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A buffer over-read in Qualcomm Snapdragon video firmware allows attackers to cause a transient denial of service by sending malicious video packets.

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-2025-27041?

CVE-2025-27041 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, published on 9 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Transient DOS while processing video packets received from video firmware.

Weakness: CWE-126

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-27041?

It affects 63 products.

Products include Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6174a Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6574au Firmware, Qualcomm Qca6584au Firmware and 57 more.

How do I fix CVE-2025-27041?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-27041 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2025-27041 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27041 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c53g-cp64-5xh5.

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