critical Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2025-21042Samsung mobile — image codec overflow to remote code execution
An image decoding library on Samsung mobile devices writes outside its buffer, letting a remote attacker run code by delivering a crafted image. It carried the Landfall commercial spyware.
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THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 9.8/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 33% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2025-09-12
- Added to KEV
- 2025-11-10
- Exploit published
- Not recorded
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- execution
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1203
- Severity
- critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker needsThe device must process an attacker-supplied image; the record describes no user interaction.
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4 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisorysecurity.samsungmobile.comsecurity.samsungmobile.com
- 04Writeupunit42.paloaltonetworks.comunit42.paloaltonetworks.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added | cisa.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.