CVE-2025-54326
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 Camera in Samsung Mobile Processor Exynos 1280 and 2200. Unnecessary registration of a hardware IP address in the Camera device driver can lead to a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a denial of service.
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 NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the Camera device driver of Samsung Mobile Processors Exynos 1280 and 2200. The issue stems from unnecessary registration of a hardware IP address in the Camera driver, which when dereferenced leads to a NULL pointer access and subsequent denial of service condition.
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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 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
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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 Exynos processor model in your deviceCheck system information or use commands like `cat /proc/cpuinfo` or `dmesg | grep -i exynos` to identify the processor model numberAffected if The device uses an Exynos 1280 or Exynos 2200 processor
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Verify Camera driver is loadedCheck if the Camera driver module is present and loaded using commands like `lsmod | grep camera` or checking driver status in `/sys/bus/platform/drivers/`Affected if The Camera driver module is loaded and active on the system
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Check Camera hardware initializationInspect Camera driver logs via `dmesg | grep -i camera` or check `/proc/firmware` for camera-related firmware entriesAffected if The Camera hardware IP is being initialized and dereferenced by the driver
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Confirm Camera functionality is enabledVerify the Camera device node exists (e.g., `/dev/video*`) and Camera services are running using `ls -la /dev/video*` and checking camera service statusAffected if Camera functionality is enabled and the vulnerable code path can be triggered
A device is affected if it contains a Samsung Exynos 1280 or Exynos 2200 processor with the Camera driver loaded and Camera functionality enabled, as all firmware versions of these processors contain the vulnerability in the Camera device driver.
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 dataApply vendor-supplied firmware/driver updates from Samsung for affected Exynos 1280 and 2200 processors. As this is a hardware-level driver issue requiring code changes in the Camera driver, end users cannot implement workarounds and must wait for official Samsung security patches.
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