What is CVE-2025-54601?

CVE-2025-54601 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 1080, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2026-04-06.

How severe is CVE-2025-54601?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 1080

CVE-2025-54601

An issue was discovered in the Wi-Fi driver in Samsung Mobile Processor amd Wearable Processor Exynos 980, 850, 1080, 1280, 1330, 1380, 1480, 1580, W920, W930, and W1000. Improper synchronization on a global variable leads to a double free. An attacker can trigger a race condition by invoking an ioctl function concurrently from multiple threads.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published 2026-04-06 · last modified 2026-07-24.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (0.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 0th percentile — 0.2% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/ (Vendor Advisory)
semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/cve-… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-54601?: CVE-2025-54601 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 1080, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2026-04-06.
How severe is CVE-2025-54601?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.