Exynos 850 firmware vulnerability

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.

Published 14 Sep 2026Updated 14 Sep 20262 sources
CVSS 7.8

What happened

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 versions

Exynos 850 firmware: 0 through 2025-12-23 (custom) Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

  • Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
  • Review affected product exposure and access logs.

Public PoC references

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