CVE-2021-25395
Samsung Mobile Devices: Race Condition
As of , CVE-2021-25395 in Samsung Mobile Devices is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 29 June 2023
- US federal deadline
- 20 July 202321 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.00Higher than 28% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.00 on 29 June 2023EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: security.samsungmobile.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Samsung mobile devices contain a race condition vulnerability within the MFC charger driver that leads to a use-after-free allowing for a write given a radio privilege is compromised.
CISA's description
A race condition in MFC charger driver prior to SMR MAY-2021 Release 1 allows local attackers to bypass signature check given a radio privilege is compromised.
The CVE record's description, from Samsung Mobile
- CVE published
- 11 June 2021
- Assigned by
- Samsung Mobile
- CVSS
- 6.4 Medium (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
- CWE-362
- Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Mobile Devices: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-21042Out-of-Bounds Write | Samsung Mobile Devices | Patch soon | 0.33 | ||
| CVE-2021-25337Improper Access Control | Samsung Mobile Devices | Patch soon | 0.03 | ||
| CVE-2023-21492Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Log File | Samsung Mobile Devices | Patch soon | 0.03 | ||
| CVE-2025-21043Out-of-Bounds Write | Samsung Mobile Devices | Patch soon | 0.02 | ||
| CVE-2021-25369Improper Access Control | Samsung Mobile Devices | Patch soon | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2021-25370Memory Corruption | Samsung Mobile Devices | Patch soon | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2021-25371Unspecified | Samsung Mobile Devices | Patch soon | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2021-25372Improper Boundary Check | Samsung Mobile Devices | Patch soon | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2021-25487Out-of-Bounds Read | Samsung Mobile Devices | Patch soon | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2021-25489Improper Input Validation | Samsung Mobile Devices | Patch soon | 0.01 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org