What is CVE-2025-53965?

CVE-2025-53965 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 1280, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-12-03.

How severe is CVE-2025-53965?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Samsung Exynos 1280

CVE-2025-53965

An issue was discovered in Samsung Mobile Processor, Wearable Processor, and Modem Exynos 980, 990, 850, 2100, 1280, 2200, 1330, 1380, 1480, 2400, 1580, 2500, W920, W930, W1000, Modem 5123, Modem 5300, and Modem 5400. The function used to decode the SOR transparent container lacks bounds checking, which can cause a fatal error.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (17.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-53965?: CVE-2025-53965 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 1280, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-12-03.
How severe is CVE-2025-53965?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.