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CVE-2021-25370

Samsung Mobile Devices Memory Corruption Vulnerability

CISA KEV record

CISA date added
2022-11-08
CISA due date
2022-11-29
Known ransomware use
Unknown

NVD risk context

4.4 MEDIUM

CVSS is a technical severity score. CISA’s KEV status remains the evidence that this vulnerability is known to be exploited.

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Attack vector
Local
An attacker needs local access to the affected system.
Attack complexity
Low
Exploitation does not require unusual conditions beyond normal attacker control.
Privileges required
High
The attacker needs substantial privileges before exploiting the issue.
User interaction
None
No action by another user is required.

Description

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.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

NVD reference index

Vendor and remediation references

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Other NVD references (1)

MITRE CWE context

CWE classification

CWE-416 Use After Free

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

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NVD record timing

NVD record timeline

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NVD published
Mar 26, 2021, 07:15 PM UTC
When NVD first published this CVE record.
NVD last updated
Jun 17, 2026, 03:41 AM UTC
When NVD last changed its analysis or record data.
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CISA notes

https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25370