Cologne FirmwareOperating system · Qualcomm

CVE-2025-47356

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-01-07
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Memory Corruption when multiple threads concurrently access and modify shared resources.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Memory corruption vulnerability caused by race conditions when multiple threads concurrently access and modify shared resources without proper synchronization. The lack of thread-safe mechanisms (such as mutexes, locks, or atomic operations) leads to undefined behavior and potential exploitation via crafted concurrent access patterns.

MitigationImplement proper synchronization primitives (e.g., mutexes, locks, semaphores) around all access and modification paths to shared resources, or refactor code to eliminate shared mutable state through thread-local storage or immutable data structures.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Cologne FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions
Fastconnect 6900 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions
Fastconnect 7800 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions
Qca0000 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions
Sc8380xp FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions
Wcd9378c FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions
Wcd9380 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions
Wcd9385 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed Qualcomm firmware components
    On Linux, run 'ls /lib/firmware/qcom/' or check 'dmesg' for firmware loading messages. On Windows, check Device Manager for Qualcomm device details or use 'systeminfo' and driver queries.
    Affected if Any of the following firmware modules are present: Cologne, Fastconnect 6900, Fastconnect 7800, Qca0000, Sc8380xp, Wcd9378c, Wcd9380, or Wcd9385
  2. Check Qualcomm audio/wireless driver version
    On Linux, run 'modinfo <module_name>' for modules like ath11k, wcd938x, or qca6390. On Windows, right-click the device in Device Manager, select Properties, and check the Driver version field.
    Affected if The driver or firmware corresponds to any of the affected Qualcomm components listed in the CVE
  3. Verify concurrent access capability
    Review application and system configuration to determine if multiple threads can simultaneously invoke functions provided by the affected Qualcomm firmware components (e.g., concurrent WiFi operations, audio codec access).
    Affected if Multiple threads or processes can concurrently access the Qualcomm firmware interfaces without explicit synchronization protection

A system is affected if it contains any of the listed Qualcomm firmware components (Cologne, Fastconnect 6900/7800, Qca0000, Sc8380xp, Wcd9378c, Wcd9380, or Wcd9385) and those components can be accessed concurrently by multiple threads.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement proper synchronization primitives (e.g., mutexes, locks, semaphores) around all access and modification paths to shared resources, or refactor code to eliminate shared mutable state through thread-local storage or immutable data structures.

Fix this in Cologne Firmware Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation12.0 h
  • Testing8.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
28.0 hours of engineering $4,880
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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