Local memory corruption via guest-VM message use-after-free
Published Sep 24, 2025 · Updated Sep 24, 2025
Use-after-free in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto guest-VM messaging allows local users with low privileges to corrupt memory using a crafted message. Qualcomm has not disclosed the affected function or how the guest-VM message path retains and later accesses freed memory. The flaw requires low-privileged local access; the public record does not state whether corruption causes a crash, data access, or code execution.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto guest-VM messaging allows local users with low privileges to corrupt memory using a crafted message. Qualcomm has not disclosed the affected function or how the guest-VM message path retains and later accesses freed memory. The flaw requires low-privileged local access; the public record does not state whether corruption causes a crash, data access, or code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-27077
- Published
- Sep 24, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 24, 2025
- Vendor
- Qualcomm
- Product
- Snapdragon
- Classifications
- CWE-416
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 24, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=QAM8255P
- Affected versionversion=QAM8295P
- Affected versionversion=QAM8620P
- Affected versionversion=QAM8650P
- Affected versionversion=QAM8775P
- Affected versionversion=QAMSRV1H
- Affected versionversion=QAMSRV1M
- Affected versionversion=QCA6574AU
- Affected versionversion=QCA6595
- Affected versionversion=QCA6595AU
- Affected versionversion=QCA6688AQ
- Affected versionversion=QCA6696
- Affected versionversion=QCA6698AQ
- Affected versionversion=QCA6797AQ
- Affected versionversion=SA7255P
- Affected versionversion=SA7775P
- Affected versionversion=SA8255P
- Affected versionversion=SA8295P
- Affected versionversion=SA8540P
- Affected versionversion=SA8620P
- Affected versionversion=SA8650P
- Affected versionversion=SA8770P
- Affected versionversion=SA8775P
- Affected versionversion=SA9000P
- Affected versionversion=SRV1H
- Affected versionversion=SRV1L
- Affected versionversion=SRV1M
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