CVE-2021-25370

criticalknown exploitedcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2022-11-08

Actively exploited. CVE-2021-25370 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-11-08) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Samsung mobile devices using Mali GPU contain an incorrect implementation handling file descriptor in dpu driver. This incorrect implementation results in memory corruption, leading to kernel panic. This vulnerability was chained with CVE-2021-25337 and CVE-2021-25369.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Samsung Memory corruption

What: Samsung mobile devices using Mali GPU contain a memory corruption vulnerability leading to kernel panic.
Who is affected: Users of Samsung mobile devices with Mali GPU.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action: Update to the latest firmware provided by Samsung.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 55% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2021-25370: Samsung Mobile Devices Memory Corruption Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-11-08

External references

NVD record for CVE-2021-25370

CVE.org record

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