high Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2026-21385Qualcomm chipsets — memory corruption in allocation alignment
Multiple Qualcomm chipsets corrupt memory while handling alignment during memory allocation. The chipset bulletin gives no more detail than that, and the fix reaches devices through the March 2026 Android update.
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THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 7.8/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 1% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2026-03-02
- Added to KEV
- 2026-03-03
- Exploit published
- Not recorded
- Confidence
- medium
- Kill chain
- execution
- MITRE ATT&CK
- —
- Severity
- high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker needsNot stated — neither the chipset bulletin nor the Android entry names an attack vector.
Behind the card
4 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisorydocs.qualcomm.comdocs.qualcomm.com
- 04Vendor advisorysource.android.comsource.android.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added | cisa.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.