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CVE-2025-21053: Samsung Mobile Devices · Out-of-bounds Write

Affects Samsung Mobile DevicesSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.0 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 12:55 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.0Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 10 Oct 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

  1. Apply the SMR October 2025 Release 1 security update from Samsung as soon as it becomes available to ensure the vulnerability is patched.
  2. Enforce strict physical security controls to prevent unauthorized local access to mobile devices, including device lock policies and secure storage.
  3. Implement mobile device management (MDM) solutions to monitor device compliance and remotely enforce security policies.
  4. Educate users on the risks of local device access and encourage reporting of lost or stolen devices immediately.
  5. Restrict installation of untrusted applications that might exploit local vulnerabilities.
  6. Regularly audit and update device firmware and software to minimize exposure to known vulnerabilities.
  7. Consider additional endpoint protection solutions that can detect abnormal behavior indicative of memory corruption or exploitation attempts.

Description

Out-of-bounds write in the parsing header for JPEG decoding in libpadm.so prior to SMR Oct-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to cause memory corruption.

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