Actively exploited vulnerability
Samsung Mobile Devices: memory corruption flaw under attack
CVE-2025-21042 · Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
What is affected
Samsung Mobile Devices are found on ordinary personal computers and phones, so this is not only a problem for companies. If you use them and have not updated since the fix was released, you are exposed.
Samsung mobile devices contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in libimagecodec.quram.so. This vulnerability could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
What an attacker can do
This is a memory corruption flaw. It lets an attacker corrupt the program's memory by feeding it specially crafted content: a web page, a file or a network message. The result ranges from a crash to the attacker running their own code.
- How it is reached
- Over the internet or network
- Access the attacker needs
- No account needed
- Does the victim have to do something?
- No, works without the victim doing anything
What to do
- Update Samsung Mobile Devices now. Open the update or "About" screen, install whatever is offered and restart the app or device, because the fix is not active until you do.
- Turn on automatic updates so the next fix arrives without you having to look for it.
- If your device is too old to receive this update, stop using the affected app for anything sensitive and plan a replacement.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vendor advisories and fixes
- security.samsungmobile.comsecurity.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2025&month=04
How urgent is it
CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on November 10, 2025, which means there is reliable evidence of attacks in the wild. US federal agencies must fix it by December 1, 2025, a deadline that has already passed. That deadline does not bind anyone else, but it shows how seriously the agency rates it.
The EPSS model estimates a 33% probability that this flaw will be exploited somewhere in the next 30 days. That is higher than 98% of all scored vulnerabilities.
Its CVSS severity score is 9.8 out of 10 (critical), as recorded in the US National Vulnerability Database.
Technical description
Out-of-bounds write in libimagecodec.quram.so prior to SMR Apr-2025 Release 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.