CVE-2021-25449 Memory corruption in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2021-25449?

CVE-2021-25449 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 9 Sep 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An improper input validation vulnerability in libsapeextractor library prior to SMR Sep-2021 Release 1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in mediaextractor process.

Weakness: CWE-119, CWE-122

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25449?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2021-25449?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25449 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-25449 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25449 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-ffqg-54mw-cg9v.