CVE-2021-25334 Denial of service in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2021-25334?

CVE-2021-25334 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 4 Mar 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Improper input check in wallpaper service in Samsung mobile devices prior to SMR Feb-2021 Release 1 allows untrusted application to cause permanent denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25334?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2021-25334?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25334 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2021-25334 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25334 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-p2wq-wjg9-46r4.