Samsung Exynos Untrusted Pointer Dereference Vulnerability in NPU Driver

Vulnerability

A vulnerability exists in the NPU driver of Samsung Mobile Processor Exynos, through July 2025, due to an untrusted pointer dereference of 'src_hdr' in the 'copy_ncp_header' function. This issue could potentially be exploited, leading to undefined behavior.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a denial-of-service condition, causing the system to become unresponsive or unavailable.

Added: Nov 4, 2025, 5:23 PM
Updated: Nov 4, 2025, 9:33 PM

Vulnerability Rating

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spread
6.6
impact
2.5
exploitability
4.7
remediation
0.0
relevance
0.9
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
0.8

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