Vulnerability · Published Oct 6, 2021 · Assigned by Samsung Mobile

CVE-2021-25493

Medium 4.0

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds read in Samsung Notes from Samsung Mobile. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Lack of boundary checking of a buffer in libSPenBase library of Samsung Notes prior to Samsung Note version 4.3.02.61 allows OOB read

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Samsung Mobile Samsung Notes - – before 4.3.02.61

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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