CVE-2021-25371: Samsung Mobile Devices Unspecified Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Samsung mobile devices contain an unspecified vulnerability within DSP driver that allows attackers to load ELF libraries inside DSP.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An unspecified vulnerability within the DSP driver allows attackers to load ELF libraries inside DSP.
- Who is affected
- Users of affected Samsung mobile devices.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical as the vulnerability is actively exploited.
- Action
- Install the latest security updates from Samsung.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25371
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2021-25371Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 53% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-25371 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Samsung Mobile Devices
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-21042: Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-11-10
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-21043: Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-10-02
- criticalexploitedCVE-2022-22265: Samsung Mobile Devices Use-After-Free Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-09-18
- criticalexploitedCVE-2021-25487: Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-06-29
- criticalexploitedCVE-2021-25489: Samsung Mobile Devices Improper Input Validation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-06-29
- criticalexploitedCVE-2021-25372: Samsung Mobile Devices Improper Boundary Check Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-06-29
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