Samsung Notes up to 4.4.21.62 PDF Content out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Samsung Notes. Affected is an unknown function of the component PDF Content Handler. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-20917. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Samsung Notes. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component PDF Content Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Out-of-bounds read in applying binary of pdf content in Samsung Notes prior to version 4.4.26.71 allows attackers to read out-of-bounds memory.

The advisory is shared for download at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-20917 since 11/06/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.4.26.71 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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CNA Base Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Notes 4.4.26.71

Timelineinfo

11/06/2024 🔍
03/06/2025 +120 days 🔍
03/06/2025 +0 days 🔍
07/16/2025 +132 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-20917 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-20917
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-298748

Entryinfo

Created: 03/06/2025 07:45
Updated: 07/16/2025 22:02
Changes: 03/06/2025 07:45 (65), 07/16/2025 22:02 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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