Memory Corruption in Qualcomm Snapdragon Perf Counter Driver During Deselect
CVE-2026-24082 Published on May 4, 2026

Use After Free in Automotive GPU
Memory Corruption when copying data from a freed source while executing performance counter deselect operation.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-24082 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2026-24082 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-24082

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Affected Versions

Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon: