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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2025-27038

Use After Free in Graphics

Qualcomm / Snapdragon · AR8031

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Severity
CVSS 7.5 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
1.0%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2025-27038 is an unauthenticated Use After Free in Graphics affecting Qualcomm Snapdragon. Memory corruption while rendering graphics using Adreno GPU drivers in Chrome.

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

Qualcomm / Snapdragon ar8031.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Memory corruption while rendering graphics using Adreno GPU drivers in Chrome

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

Qualcomm, Inc. Affected
Snapdragon
AR8031 CSRA6620 CSRA6640 FastConnect 7800 QCA2066 QCA6391 QCM6125 QCM8550 QCN9011 QCN9012 QCS6125 QCS8550 Qualcommr Video Collaboration VC1 Platform SM6475 SM6650 SM6650P SM7435 SM7635 SM7635P Smart Audio 400 Platform Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Mobile Platform Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 Mobile Platform Snapdragon 680 4G Mobile Platform Snapdragon 685 4G Mobile Platform (SM6225-AD) Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 Wearable Platform SW5100 SW5100P WCD9335 WCD9370 WCD9375 WCD9378 WCD9385 WCD9395 WCN3950 WCN3980 WCN3988 WCN6650 WCN6740 WCN6755 WSA8810 WSA8815 WSA8830 WSA8832 WSA8835
Published
03 Jun 2025
Exploitation Reported
01 Jun 2026
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required

Tags

cisa

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CVE

Recorded 01 Jun 2026

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CVE First 2026-06-01 10:31 UTC
CISA 2026-06-02 14:07 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

7.5 High

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

1.0%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Use After Free CWE-416

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 14:07 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  2. 10:31 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  3. 05:53 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  4. 09:19 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

Pro API

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GET /api/v2/pro/kevs/CVE-2025-27038

Sample API response 
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2025-27038",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 7.5,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.01016,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}