Samsung DSP Kernel Driver prior SMR Oct-2021 Release 1 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung DSP Kernel Driver. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-25475. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung DSP Kernel Driver (Hardware Driver Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 10/07/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-25475 since 01/19/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version SMR Oct-2021 Release 1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: DSP Kernel Driver SMR Oct-2021 Release 1

Timelineinfo

01/19/2021 🔍
10/07/2021 +260 days 🔍
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10/10/2021 +3 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-25475 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-25475
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-183967

Entryinfo

Created: 10/07/2021 08:43
Updated: 10/10/2021 08:23
Changes: 10/07/2021 08:43 (48), 10/10/2021 08:23 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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