CVE-2026-21096 Memory corruption in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2026-21096?

CVE-2026-21096 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 9 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Heap-based buffer overflow in JPEG decoder of libimagecodec.quram.so prior to SMR Sep-2026 Release 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Weakness: CWE-122

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-21096?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Samsung Android.

How do I fix CVE-2026-21096?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-21096 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2026-21096 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-21096 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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• CVE-2025-21042 Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
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• CVE-2021-25487 Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Read Exploited High 7.3
• CVE-2021-25394 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4
• CVE-2021-25395 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4

All Samsung Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rf4p-x369-g5c4.