Vulnerability · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2026-23789
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity double free in Exynos 850 firmware from Samsung. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
An issue was discovered in MFC in Samsung Mobile Processor and Wearable Processor Exynos 850, 1080, 2100, 1280, 2200, 1330, 1380, 1480, 2400, 1580, 2500, 2600, 1680, W920, W930, and W1000. A double-free vulnerability in the Exynos MFC encoder driver (due to improper cleanup of dma_buf references during error handling) leads to kernel memory corruption and potential arbitrary code execution.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Samsung | Exynos 850 firmware | 0 – through 2025-12-23 |
Weakness: CWE-415 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H