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CVE-2025-39787: soc: qcom: mdt_loader: Ensure we don't read past the ELF header

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.17% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 0d59ce2bfc3bb13abe6240335a1bf7b96536d022, 1096eb63ecfc8df90b70cd068e6de0c2ff204dfd, 43d26997d88c4056fce0324e72f62556bc7e8e8d; azl3 kernel 6.6.96.2-2 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.104.2-1; cbl2 kernel 5.15.186.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0 5.15.200.1-1.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 7.8, NVD 5.5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 0d59ce2bfc3bb13abe6240335a1bf7b96536d022, 1096eb63ecfc8df90b70cd068e6de0c2ff204dfd, 43d26997d88c4056fce0324e72f62556bc7e8e8d; azl3 kernel 6.6.96.2-2 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.104.2-1; cbl2 kernel 5.15.186.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0 5.15.200.1-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: qcom: mdt_loader: Ensure we don't read past the ELF header When the MDT loader is used in remoteproc, the ELF header is sanitized beforehand, but that's not necessary the case for other clients. Validate the size of the firmware buffer to ensure that we don't read past the end as we iterate over the header. e_phentsize and e_shentsize are validated as well, to ensure that the assumptions about step size in the traversal are valid.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 11, 2025
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 6th percentile
CWE
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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.5
CNA · Linux
7.8
2.3 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel
debiandebian linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • debian debian linux11.0
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.241
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.190
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.149
  • linux linux kernel4.11 and later · before 5.4.297
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.44
  • linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.16.4
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.103

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 4.11affected
    • 2aad40d911eeb7dcac91c669f2762a28134f0eb1 and later · before 1096eb63ecfc8df90b70cd068e6de0c2ff204dfdaffected · git
    • 2aad40d911eeb7dcac91c669f2762a28134f0eb1 and later · before e1720eb32acf411c328af6a8c8f556c94535808eaffected · git
    • 2aad40d911eeb7dcac91c669f2762a28134f0eb1 and later · before 0d59ce2bfc3bb13abe6240335a1bf7b96536d022affected · git
    • 2aad40d911eeb7dcac91c669f2762a28134f0eb1 and later · before 43d26997d88c4056fce0324e72f62556bc7e8e8daffected · git
    • 2aad40d911eeb7dcac91c669f2762a28134f0eb1 and later · before 981c845f29838e468a9bfa87f784307193a31297affected · git
    • 2aad40d911eeb7dcac91c669f2762a28134f0eb1 and later · before 87bfabb3b2f46827639173f143aa43f7cfc0a7e6affected · git
    • 2aad40d911eeb7dcac91c669f2762a28134f0eb1 and later · before 81278be4eb5f08ba2c68c3055893e61cc03727feaffected · git
    • 2aad40d911eeb7dcac91c669f2762a28134f0eb1 and later · before 9f9967fed9d066ed3dae9372b45ffa4f6fccfeefaffected · git
    • before 4.11not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.153-16.1.153-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.48-16.12.48-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 6.16.5-16.16.5-1

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    90Now
  • CVE-2022-0847A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe KEV
    89Now
  • CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV
    85Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-39785Sep 11, 2025 · drm/hisilicon/hibmc: fix irq_request()'s irq name variable is local
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-39786Sep 11, 2025 · iio: adc: ad7173: fix channels index for syscalib_mode
    28Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-39788Sep 11, 2025 · scsi: ufs: exynos: Fix programming of HCI_UTRL_NEXUS_TYPE
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux0d59ce2bfc3bb13abe6240335a1bf7b96536d022Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux1096eb63ecfc8df90b70cd068e6de0c2ff204dfdVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux43d26997d88c4056fce0324e72f62556bc7e8e8dVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux81278be4eb5f08ba2c68c3055893e61cc03727feVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux87bfabb3b2f46827639173f143aa43f7cfc0a7e6Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux981c845f29838e468a9bfa87f784307193a31297Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux9f9967fed9d066ed3dae9372b45ffa4f6fccfeefVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe1720eb32acf411c328af6a8c8f556c94535808eVendor (CNA)
azl3 kernel 6.6.96.2-2 on Azure Linux 3.06.6.104.2-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
cbl2 kernel 5.15.186.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.05.15.200.1-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
debian:linux6.1.153-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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