Qualcomm Snapdragon Chipsets Buffer Over-read Vulnerability in Camera Component

Vulnerability

A buffer over-read vulnerability has been identified in the camera component of various chipsets, including those in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and 8 Gen 2 mobile platforms, as well as several other Snapdragon and Qualcomm video collaboration platforms. This vulnerability leads to memory corruption during the image encoding process, potentially causing memory corruption issues.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability causes memory corruption, which can lead to arbitrary code execution or other unintended behavior by manipulating the camera's image processing functions.

Remediation

Qualcomm has released patches for this vulnerability. Instructions for applying the patch can be found in the Qualcomm July 2025 Security Bulletin.

Added: Jul 8, 2025, 1:49 PM
Updated: Jul 8, 2025, 1:49 PM

Vulnerability Rating

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spread
8.1
impact
0.6
exploitability
3.5
remediation
7.7
relevance
0.2
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
0.8

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