Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-58344 is a medium-severity Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 980 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.2 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 5th 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-5 (Denial-of-service Protection) and SC-6 (Resource Availability) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-206700
Vulnerability Data
An issue was discovered in the Wi-Fi driver in Samsung Mobile Processor and Wearable Processor Exynos 980, 850, 1080, 1280, 1330, 1380, 1480, 1580, W920, W930 and W1000. There is unbounded memory allocation in a /proc/driver/unifi0/conn_log_event_burst_to_us write operation, leading to…
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kernel memory exhaustion.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires mechanisms to manage and limit allocation of kernel memory resources, preventing the unbounded allocation triggered by the conn_log_event_burst_to_us write.
Mandates denial-of-service protection controls that explicitly address resource-exhaustion attacks against system availability, matching this Wi-Fi driver memory exhaustion flaw.
Requires validation of all inputs to system interfaces (including /proc writes), which would constrain the malformed or excessive data causing unbounded allocation in the Exynos driver.
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.
Monitoring capacity and taking action to maintain availability directly reduces unchecked resource allocation.
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.
Baseline comparison of CPU, memory and bandwidth usage helps surface uncontrolled resource allocations before they cause service degradation.
Capacity projections and elasticity measures ensure that allocation requests are bounded and can be throttled, reducing the window in which an attacker can force unbounded resource reservations.
Defining retention periods and deletion schedules for backup copies prevents indefinite accumulation of data on storage media without corresponding resource-management controls.
Architectural redundancy and automatic failover limit the impact of an attacker who forces excessive allocations, because spare capacity can absorb the load until the primary instance recovers.
Documented incident response procedures that include activation of continuity plans and controlled recovery help ensure that resource consumption triggered by an incident is bounded and managed rather than left unbounded.
Mandating tested continuity procedures that preserve or replace resource-limiting controls prevents an attacker from exploiting the absence of throttling mechanisms during an outage.