CVE-2021-25435 Code injection in Tizen wearable devices

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Attackers can execute arbitrary code on Tizen wearable devices via the recovery partition during wireless firmware downloads due to improper input validation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-25435?

CVE-2021-25435 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Samsung Mobile Tizen wearable devices, published on 8 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper input validation vulnerability in Tizen bootloader prior to Firmware update JUL-2021 Release allows arbitrary code execution using recovery partition in wireless firmware download mode.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25435?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux Tizen.

How do I fix CVE-2021-25435?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25435 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2021-25435 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25435 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qgcm-6r7q-m4wm.

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