# CVE-2025-59616: Use After Free in Computer Vision

> A use-after-free vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon computer vision allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via crafted IOCTL calls.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 7 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5r52-2m8c-4p3m

## What is CVE-2025-59616?

CVE-2025-59616 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware, published on 6 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Memory Corruption when processing multiple IOCTL calls with the same buffer file descriptor input due to accessing already freed memory.

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59616?

It affects 48 products.


Products: Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 7800 Firmware, Qualcomm Molokai Firmware, Qualcomm Orne Firmware, Qualcomm Pandeiro Firmware, Qualcomm Qcm5430 Firmware, Qualcomm Qcm6490 Firmware, Qualcomm Qmp1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Qmp2001 Firmware, Qualcomm Sc8380xp Firmware, Qualcomm Sd865 5g Firmware, Qualcomm Sm6850 Firmware, Qualcomm Sm8845p Firmware, Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 Mobile Platform Firmware, Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 Mobile Platform Firmware, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Firmware, Qualcomm Snapdragon Ar1 Gen 1 Platform Firmware, Qualcomm Snapdragon Xr2\+ Gen 1 Platform Firmware, Qualcomm Snapdragon Xr2 5g Platform Firmware and 28 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-59616?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59616 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-59616 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59616 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware

- [CVE-2024-43047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43047/): Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-21671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21671/): Improper Input Validation in Core (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-21464](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21464/): Buffer Copy Without Checking Size of Input in Data Network Stack & Connectivity (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2024-33047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33047/): Buffer Over-read in Display (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2024-23360](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23360/): Improper Access Control in Graphics Windows (high 8.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-59616 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-59616 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware, published on 6 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59616 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59616/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59616/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59616
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59616
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59616

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59616/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.