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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-20889
CVE-2025-20889:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Out-of-bounds read in decoding malformed bitstream for smp4vtd in libsthmbc.so prior to SMR Jan-2025 Release 1 affects Android versions 12, 13, and 14. The vulnerability was reported on November 12, 2024, and was assigned CVE-2025-20889 by Samsung Mobile (Mobile Communications Business of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.) (Samsung Mobile, CVE Details).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Moderate severity issue that involves an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the decoding process of malformed bitstream for smp4vtd component within libsthmbc.so library. The issue requires user interaction to be triggered (Samsung Mobile).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows local attackers to read arbitrary memory, potentially exposing sensitive information from the affected device's memory space (Samsung Mobile).
Mitigation and workarounds
Samsung has addressed this vulnerability by adding proper input validation in the SMR Jan-2025 Release 1 security update. Users are advised to update their devices to this version or later to protect against this vulnerability (Samsung Mobile).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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