{"id":132,"date":"2026-03-03T08:49:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedigitalfortress.us\/?p=132"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:49:23","slug":"google-confirms-cve-2026-21385-in-qualcomm-android-component-exploited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedigitalfortress.us\/?p=132","title":{"rendered":"Google Confirms CVE-2026-21385 in Qualcomm Android Component Exploited"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\ue804<\/i>Ravie Lakshmanan<\/span>\ue802<\/i>Mar 03, 2026<\/span><\/span>Vulnerability \/ Mobile Security<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Google on Monday disclosed<\/a> that a high-severity security flaw impacting an open-source Qualcomm component used in Android devices has been exploited in the wild.<\/p>\n

The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-21385<\/strong> (CVSS score: 7.8), a buffer over-read in the Graphics component.<\/p>\n

\u00abMemory corruption when adding user-supplied data without checking available buffer space,\u00bb Qualcomm said<\/a> in an advisory, describing it as an integer overflow.<\/p>\n

The chipmaker said the flaw was reported to it through Google’s Android Security team on December 18, 2025. Customers were notified of the security defect on February 2, 2026.<\/p>\n

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There are currently no details on how the vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. However, Google acknowledged in its monthly Android security bulletin that \u00abthere are indications that CVE-2026-21385 may be under limited, targeted exploitation.\u00bb<\/p>\n

Google’s March 2026 update contains patches for a total of 129 vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw in the System component (CVE-2026-0006) that could lead to remote code execution without requiring any additional privileges or user interaction. In contrast, Google addressed one Android vulnerability in January 2026 and none last month.<\/p>\n

Also patched by Google are multiple critical-rated bugs: a privilege escalation bug in Framework (CVE-2026-0047), a denial-of-service (DoS) in System (CVE-2025-48631), and seven privilege escalation flaws in Kernel components (CVE-2024-43859, CVE-2026-0037, CVE-2026-0038, CVE-2026-0027, CVE-2026-0028, CVE-2026-0030, and CVE-2026-0031).<\/p>\n

The Android security bulletin includes two patch levels \u2013 2026-03-01 and 2026-03-05 \u2013 to give Android partners the flexibility to address common vulnerabilities on different devices more quickly.<\/p>\n

The second patch level includes fixes for Kernel components, as well as those from Arm, Imagination Technologies, MediaTek, Qualcomm, and Unisoc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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