CVE-2021-25478 Memory corruption in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2021-25478?

CVE-2021-25478 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Oct 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A possible stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Exynos CP Chipset prior to SMR Oct-2021 Release 1 allows arbitrary memory write and code execution.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-121

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25478?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2021-25478?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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

Is CVE-2021-25478 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25478 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as A-214309660, GHSA-4xpm-w9xr-gfc7, PUB-A-214309660.