What is CVE-2025-20965?

CVE-2025-20965 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Bixby, classified under CWE-280: IMPROPER HANDLING OF INSUFFICIENT PERMISSIONS. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2025-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2025-20965?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Samsung Bixby

CVE-2025-20965

Improper handling of insufficient permission in Bixby wakeup prior to version 2.3.74.8 allows local attackers to access sensitive data.

Published 2025-05-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (2.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 2.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samsung Bixby
Samsung Mobile Voice Wake-Up — versions 2.3.74.8

References

security.samsungmobile.com/serviceWeb.smsb (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20965?: CVE-2025-20965 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Bixby, classified under CWE-280: IMPROPER HANDLING OF INSUFFICIENT PERMISSIONS. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2025-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2025-20965?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.