CVE-2026-23791

Out‑of‑Bounds Write in Samsung Exynos DPU Driver Enables Kernel Privilege Escalation

Published Sep 14, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.2 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in DPU in Samsung Mobile Processor Exynos 1280, 2200, 1380, 1480, 2400, 1580, 2500, 1680, and 2600. An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Exynos DPU driver (due to missing input length validation in color mode LUT parsing) leads to kernel memory corruption and potential privilege escalation.

Remediation

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Title Out‑of‑Bounds Write in Samsung Exynos DPU Driver Enables Kernel Privilege Escalation
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Title Exynos DPU Driver Out-of-Bounds Write Leading to Kernel Memory Corruption
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Title Exynos DPU Driver Out-of-Bounds Write Leading to Kernel Memory Corruption
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue was discovered in DPU in Samsung Mobile Processor Exynos 1280, 2200, 1380, 1480, 2400, 1580, 2500, 1680, and 2600. An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Exynos DPU driver (due to missing input length validation in color mode LUT parsing) leads to kernel memory corruption and potential privilege escalation.
First Time appeared Samsung
Samsung exynos 1280 Firmware
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:samsung:exynos_1280_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Samsung
Samsung exynos 1280 Firmware
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 14, 2026, 6:14 PM
Reserved
Jan 16, 2026, 12:00 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 14, 2026, 2:17 AM
Modified
Sep 22, 2026, 7:56 PM