What is CVE-2025-20972?

CVE-2025-20972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Flow, classified under CWE-925: IMPROPER VERIFICATION OF INTENT BY BROADCAST RECEIVER. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2025-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2025-20972?

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

Vulnerability in Samsung Flow

CVE-2025-20972

Improper verification of intent by broadcast receiver in Samsung Flow prior to version 4.9.17.6 allows local attackers to modify Samsung Flow configuration.

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:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (2.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 2.1% 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 Flow
Samsung Mobile Flow — versions 4.9.17.6

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20972?: CVE-2025-20972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Flow, classified under CWE-925: IMPROPER VERIFICATION OF INTENT BY BROADCAST RECEIVER. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2025-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2025-20972?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.