CVE-2021-25371 is a critical vulnerability affecting Samsung Android devices utilizing Exynos chipsets (Exynos 2100, 980, 9830). It allows a highly privileged attacker to load arbitrary ELF libraries within the DSP driver, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, this vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though public exploit code is not readily available. Despite limited community discussion, its media coverage highlights its significance, with reports linking it to spyware vendors.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:10.0:smr-feb-2021-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:10.0:smr-jan-2021-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:11.0:smr-feb-2021-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:11.0:smr-jan-2021-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.