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title: "CVE-2026-25278: Generic I2C - Memory Corruption"
description: "A memory corruption vulnerability exists due to a race condition between memory allocation and data copying when processing I2C transfer requests, letting attackers cause memory corruption remotely, exploit requires crafted I2C requests."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-25278/
---

# CVE-2026-25278 Generic I2C - Memory Corruption

A memory corruption vulnerability exists due to a race condition between memory allocation and data copying when processing I2C transfer requests, letting attackers cause memory corruption remotely, exploit requires crafted I2C requests.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.05% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25278)

## Details

Type

Memory Corruption

Impact

Denial Of Service, Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

17 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-367](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/367.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version containing the fix.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25278](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25278)
- [https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/september-2026-bulletin.html](https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/september-2026-bulletin.html)

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