CVE-2025-23098
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAn issue was discovered in Samsung Mobile Processor Exynos 980, 990, 1080, 2100, 1280, 2200, 1380. A Use-After-Free in the mobile processor leads to privilege escalation.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA Use-After-Free vulnerability in Samsung Exynos mobile processors (980, 990, 1080, 2100, 1280, 2200, 1380) allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges by exploiting freed memory that is still referenced.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the device chipset modelOn Android devices, check the processor/chipset information via Settings > About Phone > CPU/chipset, or run `cat /proc/cpuinfo` to view processor details. In MDM dashboards, this is typically visible in the device inventory under hardware or chipset information.Affected if The chipset model matches Exynos 980, 990, 1080, 2100, 1280, 2200, or 1380.
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Verify the device runs Samsung firmwareConfirm the device is a Samsung mobile device by checking the manufacturer field in Settings > About Phone, or via MDM enrollment details showing Samsung as the OEM.Affected if The device is a Samsung mobile device using one of the listed Exynos chipsets.
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Check the Android security patch levelNavigate to Settings > About Phone > Software Information > Security patch level to view the installed date. Alternatively, run `getprop ro.build.version.security_patch` via ADB shell.Affected if The security patch level predates the vendor fix release for CVE-2025-23098 (compare your patch date to Samsung's published fix date for this CVE).
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Review MDM device inventory for affected modelsIn enterprise MDM solutions (e.g., Microsoft Intune, VMware Workspace ONE, Samsung Knox), query devices for hardware model and chipset attributes, then filter for models containing Exynos 980, 990, 1080, 2100, 1280, 2200, or 1380.Affected if Any enrolled Samsung devices are identified with one of the listed Exynos chipsets and have not received the CVE-specific security update.
A Samsung mobile device is affected if it contains an Exynos 980, 990, 1080, 2100, 1280, 2200, or 1380 chipset and is running firmware without the CVE-2025-23098 security patch.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataDeploy Samsung firmware/security patches for affected devices; in enterprise environments, use MDM to identify and update vulnerable devices, and consider device replacement if patches are unavailable.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-23098 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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