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Is CVE-2025-21043 being exploited?

Confirmed exploited in the wild

CISA has evidence of active exploitation. This is not theoretical risk — someone has already used it against someone.

Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

Samsung · Mobile Devices

CVSS 8.8 EPSS 2% no public exploit indexed Fix deadline passed 23 October 2025

What it is

Samsung mobile devices contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in libimagecodec.quram.so which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Why we say that

  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2025-10-23) has passed
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. Where an unfixed vulnerability leads to a breach, the ICO treats it as a security failure under UK GDPR. Recent cases:

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