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CVE-2021-25371

Samsung Mobile Devices Unspecified Vulnerability

KEVMEDIUM 6.7EPSS 0.80%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 20 July 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

A vulnerability in DSP driver prior to SMR Mar-2021 Release 1 allows attackers load arbitrary ELF libraries inside DSP.

CVSS 3.1
6.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.80% probability · 55th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 29 June 2023 · due 20 July 2023
Weakness
CWE-912
Affected
samsung/android
Source
mobile.security@samsung.com

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2021&month=3; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25371

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.