What is CVE-2021-25494?

CVE-2021-25494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Notes, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2021-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2021-25494?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Samsung Notes

CVE-2021-25494

A possible buffer overflow vulnerability in libSPenBase library of Samsung Notes prior to Samsung Note version 4.3.02.61 allows arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (20.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Samsung Notes
Samsung Mobile Notes

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

mobile.security@samsung.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-25494?: CVE-2021-25494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Notes, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2021-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2021-25494?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.