FKIE_CVE-2021-25339

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-03-04 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:41
Severity
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
5.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Summary
Improper address validation in HArx in Samsung mobile devices prior to SMR Mar-2021 Release 1 allows an attacker, given a compromised kernel, to corrupt EL2 memory.
References
mobile.security@samsung.comhttps://security.samsungmobile.comVendor Advisory
mobile.security@samsung.comhttps://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsbVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.samsungmobile.comVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsbVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google android 10.0
google android 11.0
samsung exynos_9830 -
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