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CVE-2020-11261

Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Improper Input Validation Vulnerability. Exploitation in the wild is confirmed by CISA, not predicted. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2022-06-01 (that deadline has passed); treat that date as the outer bound for your own environment. Check the vendor security advisory for the fix.

Risk summary

HighCISA KEV

7.8

CVSS base

1.8%

EPSS exploit probability

High

Severity

2021-12-01

Added to KEV

2022-06-01 (past due)

CISA due date

Actively exploited Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables vulnerability, High severity, CVSS 7.8. Added to the CISA KEV catalog 2021-12-01.

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Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2020-11261

Memory corruption from oversized allocation requests affects a sweeping range of Qualcomm Snapdragon lines: Auto, Compute, Connectivity, Consumer IOT, Industrial IOT, Mobile, Voice and Music, and Wearables. CISA confirmed exploitation in December 2021, and chipset flaws exploited in the wild usually indicate targeted attacks on specific device owners. Remediation depends entirely on device makers shipping the Qualcomm fix, which many IoT and wearable vendors never did.

Do this: Apply outstanding firmware updates to Snapdragon-based devices and replace hardware whose vendor stopped delivering security patches.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2020-11261

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I run IT security. Facts for CVE-2020-11261, an actively exploited vulnerability (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2020-11261.html, data from CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2020-11261: Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
- Affected: Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
- Severity: High, CVSS 7.8; EPSS 30-day exploitation probability 1.8%
- Added to CISA KEV: 2021-12-01; federal remediation due 2022-06-01
- Ransomware-linked: no
- CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Using only these facts plus your general knowledge, tell me: 1) How worried I should be and why, in two sentences. 2) How attackers typically use this class of flaw. 3) The fastest safe path to remediation. 4) How to check whether my environment is exposed.
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Patch now

Exploited in the wild: confirmed by the CISA KEV catalog, not predicted.

No vendor fix is mapped yet. This page refreshes daily and will name the patch the day one is published.

Do this now: Federal remediation deadline 2022-06-01; treat it as your outer bound. Patch now and verify deployment on every exposed device.

Updated August 14, 2026. Data refreshed on every build from MSRC, CISA KEV, and FIRST EPSS.

Full tracking and change history for CVE-2020-11261

Published: 2021-12-01
Last revised: 2021-12-01
Changes tracked: 1

Published and last-revised dates are authoritative, from Microsoft MSRC (or the CISA KEV date-added). Senserva additionally records day-to-day changes from 2026-07-07, refreshed several times a day; the change count reflects that forward-only tracking.

Senserva Watchevery change we have recorded for this one

What changed, and when

2021-12-01 added to the CISA KEV catalog by CISA
2026-07-17 CVSS 0.0 to 7.8; EPSS first scored at 1.8%

Recorded by Senserva on the dates shown, from CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. This is what moved and when, which neither the vendor advisory nor NVD publishes.

CISA required action

Federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date: 2022-06-01 (past due).

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Official fix for CVE-2020-11261

Check the vendor's security advisory channel for the patched Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables versions and workarounds.

CISA KEV entry

Common questions about CVE-2020-11261

Is CVE-2020-11261 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2020-11261 was added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2021-12-01, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed, not predicted. Its EPSS 30-day exploitation probability is 1.8%.

What is the CISA deadline and required action for CVE-2020-11261?

CISA set the federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date at 2022-06-01, which has passed; treat any unremediated system as overdue. The verbatim required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What fixes CVE-2020-11261?

Check the vendor's security advisory for the patched Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables versions and any workarounds. KEV listing makes this a fix-first item: patch it ahead of higher-CVSS issues nobody is exploiting.

Can I ask my own AI about CVE-2020-11261?

Yes. This page includes a free, ready-to-paste AI prompt containing CVE-2020-11261's key facts: severity, CVSS, EPSS, the KEV date, the CISA due date, and the required action. Copy it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot; the data is refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central).

Scope and sources

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Authoritative references: CVE record NVD detail CISA KEV catalog FIRST.org EPSS

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