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Exploited. On CISA's list since 2025-06-03.

Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CVE-2025-27038 · Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets · Published 2025-06-03

How bad would it be?

7.5 out of 10

CVSS rates it high.

How likely is it to be used?

1.1%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored flaws (EPSS, 2026-10-29).

Is it already being used?

Yes

CISA has seen it exploited in real attacks. For US government agencies the fix is deadline passed 493 days ago (2025-06-24).

What CISA says to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Multiple Qualcomm chipsets contain a use-after-free vulnerability. This vulnerability allows for memory corruption while rendering graphics using Adreno GPU drivers in Chrome.

What the flaw is

Memory corruption while rendering graphics using Adreno GPU drivers in Chrome.

From the NVD.

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Use-after-free

A program uses memory after releasing it, when its contents may belong to something else.

CWE-416 · CISA KEV; NVD record: product-security@qualcomm.com

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