01 Record
CVE-2021-25516
An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in Exynos baseband prior to SMR Dec-2021 Release 1 allows attackers to track locations.
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: Samsung Mobile
CNA base score6.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
02 Description
An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in Exynos baseband prior to SMR Dec-2021 Release 1 allows attackers to track locations.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 23.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-12-08 14:19Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 20:11Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-19
- Assigning CNA
- Samsung Mobile
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 15c7e584a05ef37c4c8b2a68c3901f76a05affed8a66fde681149dae03c3a1c4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Samsung MobileSamsung Mobile DevicesP(9.0), Q(10.0), R(11.0) devices with selected Exynos chipsets to < SMR Dec-2021 Release 1—
06 References
- security.samsungmobile.comhttps://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2021&month=12