Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-52512

Memory Safety in Samsung Exynos 1580 Firmware

Published
04 November 2025
Modified
07 November 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0032 25th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-52512 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 1580 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 25th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-16 (Memory Protection) and SC-39 (Process Isolation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An issue was discovered in Samsung Mobile Processor Exynos 2400, 1580, 2500. A race condition in the HTS driver results in out-of-bounds memory access, leading to a denial of service.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

samsung
exynos 1580 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 2400 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 2500 firmware
all versions

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SI-16 Memory Protection
  • SC-39 Process Isolation
  • SC-5 Denial-of-service Protection
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly implements memory bounds protection to block the out-of-bounds read that the HTS race condition triggers.

prevent

Process isolation confines the HTS driver so an OOB access cannot affect other kernel components or escalate the DoS.

prevent

Denial-of-service protection mechanisms can throttle or drop malformed requests that exploit the race before system-wide impact occurs.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure-development practices such as bounds checking and memory-safe languages directly prevent out-of-bounds reads.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability scanning and recording can discover instances of out-of-bounds reads after code is deployed.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Routine patching replaces vulnerable code containing out-of-bounds read flaws.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing in development and acceptance includes fuzzing and static analysis that detect out-of-bounds read defects before release.

A.8.15 Logging partial match
detects

Logging can record evidence of an out-of-bounds read but does not prevent the weakness itself.

prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates input validation and bounds checking that directly prevent out-of-bounds reads.

prevents

Application security requirements include explicit bounds and memory-safety specifications that mitigate buffer over-reads.

prevents

Secure system architecture and engineering principles require memory-safe design patterns and runtime protections against out-of-bounds access.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe pointer arithmetic and mandate bounds-checked reads, eliminating CWE-125.

References