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CVE-2025-21440

Out-of-bounds Read in Windows WLAN Host

7.8 High

Memory corruption when IOCTL call is invoked from user-space to write board data to WLAN driver.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.11%Up 0.1 points since Apr 7, 2025
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.8

Out-of-bounds Read in Windows WLAN Host

Memory corruption when IOCTL call is invoked from user-space to write board data to WLAN driver.

Record
CVE-2025-21440
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-9992 7.8

Memory corruption when IOCTL call is invoked from user-space to write board data to WLAN driver.

Record
EUVD-2025-9992
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4m65-9g68-65w5 7.8

Memory corruption when IOCTL call is invoked from user-space to write board data to WLAN driver.

Memory corruption when IOCTL call is invoked from user-space to write board data to WLAN driver.

Record
GHSA-4m65-9g68-65w5
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.8

Memory corruption when IOCTL call is invoked from user-space to write board data to WLAN driver.

Record
CVE-2025-21440
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

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History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-21440 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, published April 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.11%, the 1st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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