Google Zaps Qualcomm Bugs: Android Users Breathe a Sigh of Relief
Google has squashed two Qualcomm bugs that were causing quite the ruckus out in the wild. These vulnerabilities, actively exploited, were in the Android ecosystem. So if your phone was feeling a bit buggy, it might not have been the coffee you spilled on it. Update now!
Hot Take:
Looks like Qualcomm’s chips were frying up some serious trouble, and Google’s got the spatula to flip that mess right off the grill. Who knew that the hottest thing on the Android menu would be a side of “memory corruption”? Pass the security patches, please!
Key Points:
- Google fixed multiple Android vulnerabilities, including two critical Qualcomm bugs.
- The vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-21479 and CVE-2025-27038, were actively exploited.
- The bugs involved incorrect authorization and use-after-free issues in GPU components.
- Patches were urgently recommended to OEMs back in May 2025.
- The U.S. CISA has added these vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
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