CVE-2021-25467 Memory corruption in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2021-25467?

CVE-2021-25467 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Oct 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Assuming system privilege is gained, possible buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the Vision DSP kernel driver prior to SMR Oct-2021 Release 1 allows privilege escalation to Root by hijacking loaded library.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25467?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2021-25467?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25467 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-2021-25467 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25467 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2023-35674 Android Framework Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48595 Android Framework Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2024-32896 Android Pixel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.1

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4wr2-63fw-56rx.