CVE-2026-25260: CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon
CVE-2026-25260 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon products involving a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition. It arises from memory corruption due to accessing shared buffers without validating concurrent user-mode input modifications. This flaw affects multiple Snapdragon versions and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No official patch or remediation guidance has been provided yet, and no known exploits are reported in the wild.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-25260) is a TOCTOU race condition categorized under CWE-367 affecting Qualcomm Snapdragon components. It occurs when shared buffers are accessed without proper validation against concurrent modifications by user-mode inputs, leading to memory corruption. The flaw impacts a broad range of Snapdragon versions including FastConnect and WCD series chips. The CVSS 3.1 score is 7.8, indicating high severity with local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No patch or official remediation level has been disclosed by Qualcomm as of the published date.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can result in memory corruption, potentially allowing an attacker with local privileges to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. The vulnerability affects multiple Snapdragon chipsets used in various devices. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, users and administrators should monitor Qualcomm's advisories for updates. No specific mitigations have been provided by the vendor at this time.
CVE-2026-25260: CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon
Description
CVE-2026-25260 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon products involving a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition. It arises from memory corruption due to accessing shared buffers without validating concurrent user-mode input modifications. This flaw affects multiple Snapdragon versions and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No official patch or remediation guidance has been provided yet, and no known exploits are reported in the wild.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.8high
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-25260) is a TOCTOU race condition categorized under CWE-367 affecting Qualcomm Snapdragon components. It occurs when shared buffers are accessed without proper validation against concurrent modifications by user-mode inputs, leading to memory corruption. The flaw impacts a broad range of Snapdragon versions including FastConnect and WCD series chips. The CVSS 3.1 score is 7.8, indicating high severity with local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No patch or official remediation level has been disclosed by Qualcomm as of the published date.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can result in memory corruption, potentially allowing an attacker with local privileges to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. The vulnerability affects multiple Snapdragon chipsets used in various devices. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, users and administrators should monitor Qualcomm's advisories for updates. No specific mitigations have been provided by the vendor at this time.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- qualcomm
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-02T04:19:00.939Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a1e08c8e29bf47b5051e328
Added to database: 6/1/2026, 10:33:44 PM
Last enriched: 6/1/2026, 10:48:41 PM
Last updated: 6/2/2026, 7:04:11 AM
Views: 15
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