CVE-2026-24083: CWE-822 Untrusted Pointer Dereference in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon
CVE-2026-24083 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon QCA6696 involving memory corruption caused by untrusted pointer dereference when processing IOCTL device driver requests with invalid arguments. This flaw can lead to confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. No official patch or remediation guidance is currently available from the vendor.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-24083) affects Qualcomm Snapdragon QCA6696 devices. It arises from improper handling of IOCTL device driver requests with invalid arguments, leading to untrusted pointer dereference and consequent memory corruption. The CVSS 3.1 score is 7.8, indicating high severity with local attack vector, low complexity, requiring low privileges and no user interaction, and impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no vendor advisory or patch information available at this time.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can result in memory corruption, potentially allowing an attacker with local access and low privileges to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected device. The vulnerability affects core device functionality at the driver level, which may lead to system crashes or unauthorized code execution.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict local access to trusted users and monitor for unusual device behavior related to IOCTL requests.
CVE-2026-24083: CWE-822 Untrusted Pointer Dereference in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon
Description
CVE-2026-24083 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon QCA6696 involving memory corruption caused by untrusted pointer dereference when processing IOCTL device driver requests with invalid arguments. This flaw can lead to confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. No official patch or remediation guidance is currently available from the vendor.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.8high
Affected software
Qualcomm, Inc.
Snapdragon
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-24083) affects Qualcomm Snapdragon QCA6696 devices. It arises from improper handling of IOCTL device driver requests with invalid arguments, leading to untrusted pointer dereference and consequent memory corruption. The CVSS 3.1 score is 7.8, indicating high severity with local attack vector, low complexity, requiring low privileges and no user interaction, and impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no vendor advisory or patch information available at this time.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can result in memory corruption, potentially allowing an attacker with local access and low privileges to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected device. The vulnerability affects core device functionality at the driver level, which may lead to system crashes or unauthorized code execution.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict local access to trusted users and monitor for unusual device behavior related to IOCTL requests.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- qualcomm
- Date Reserved
- 2026-01-21T12:51:13.996Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a72084abf8831d5390c152f
Added to database: 08/04/2026, 15:42:02 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 18:01:48 UTC
Last updated: 09/17/2026, 22:01:34 UTC
Views: 37
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