Archive · 5 Jun 2025
Qualcomm Patches Critical Zero-Day Security Vulnerabilities
Imagine your phone has a secret door that bad guys could use to sneak in.
Qualcomm, the company that makes phone chips, found some of these secret doors (called vulnerabilities) and fixed them.
Hackers might have been using these doors to get into phones!
These fixes are like putting locks on the doors.
If your phone uses a chip from Qualcomm, you'll need to wait for your phone's maker to send you an update to install the fixes.
Google Pixel phones, which use their own chips, are safe.
So, it's like a good guy (Qualcomm) is protecting your phone from the bad guys.
Qualcomm patched multiple security flaws, including three zero-day vulnerabilities, potentially exploited by hackers.
The vulnerabilities impact devices using the Adreno GPU, but not Google Pixel phones with Tensor chips.
Qualcomm assigned two flaws a 'Critical' security rating and others as 'High'.
Google's Threat Analysis Group discovered and reported the flaws to Qualcomm.
Users will need to wait for device manufacturers to release software updates to fix the vulnerabilities.
- Who
- Qualcomm fixed the flaws; Google's Threat Analysis Group discovered and reported them.
- What
- Qualcomm patched multiple security flaws, including three zero-day vulnerabilities.
- When
- Patches were shared with OEMs in May; users await device updates.
- Where
- Impacts devices with Adreno GPU.
- Why
- To prevent potential unauthorized access to affected devices by hackers.
- Vulnerabilities Patched
- Multiple, including three zero-day
- Affected Component
- Adreno GPU
- Security Ratings
- Critical and High
- Discoverer
- Google's Threat Analysis Group
- Patches Shared with OEMs
- May
- Unaffected Devices
- Google Pixel phones with Tensor chips