Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute/Snapdragon Industrial IOT up to X2 Elite memory corruption

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7.3$0-$5k0.43+

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute and Snapdragon Industrial IOT. It has been declared as very critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-25261. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute and Snapdragon Industrial IOT and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The advisory is shared for download at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-25261 since 02/02/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/17/2026).

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 8.2
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.7
CNA Vector (qualcomm): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

02/02/2026 CVE reserved
09/17/2026 +226 days Advisory disclosed
09/17/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/17/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-25261 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-25261
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-406300

Entryinfo

Created: 09/17/2026 06:41
Changes: 09/17/2026 06:41 (63)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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