Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-54332

Memory Safety in Samsung Exynos 1380 Firmware ≤ 2025-07

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-2025-54332 is a high-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 1380 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 SC-39 (Process Isolation) and SI-16 (Memory Protection) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An issue was discovered in NPU in Samsung Mobile Processor Exynos 1380 through July 2025. There is a NULL Pointer Dereference of profiler.node in the npu_vertex_profileoff function.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-54330Same product: Samsung Exynos 1380
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CVE-2025-54331Same product: Samsung Exynos 1380
CVE-2025-23100Same product: Samsung Exynos 1380
CVE-2025-62814Same product: Samsung Exynos 1380
CVE-2025-62815Same product: Samsung Exynos 1380
CVE-2025-62817Same product: Samsung Exynos 1380
CVE-2025-54334Same product: Samsung Exynos 1380

Affected Assets

samsung
exynos 1380 firmware
≤ 2025-07

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
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

Hardware-enforced memory protection directly blocks the NULL pointer dereference of profiler.node inside npu_vertex_profileoff.

prevent

Process isolation confines the NPU driver fault to its own address space, preventing system-wide impact from the dereference.

prevent

Robust error handling in the NPU vertex path can catch the invalid node reference before dereference 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 SDLC practices (static analysis, code review, safe coding standards) directly prevent NULL dereference bugs during development.

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 can detect NULL dereference defects before release.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates defensive coding practices that can prevent NULL dereferences.

prevents

Application security requirements can specify input validation and pointer-safety rules.

prevents

Secure architecture principles encourage defensive design that avoids unsafe pointer use.

prevents

Secure coding standards directly require NULL-pointer checks and safe dereference patterns.

References