CVE-2025-62817
NULL Pointer Dereference in Samsung Exynos Processors Causes DoS
Publication date: 2026-03-03
Last updated on: 2026-03-10
Assigner: MITRE
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| samsung | exynos_1280_firmware | * |
| samsung | exynos_1380_firmware | * |
| samsung | exynos_1480_firmware | * |
| samsung | exynos_1580_firmware | * |
| samsung | exynos_2200_firmware | * |
| samsung | exynos_2400_firmware | * |
| samsung | exynos_2500_firmware | * |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-476 | The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
[{'type': 'paragraph', 'content': 'CVE-2025-62817 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Samsung Exynos processors, specifically models 1280, 1380, 1480, 1580, 2200, 2400, and 2500.'}, {'type': 'paragraph', 'content': 'The issue arises from a null pointer dereference of the variable "session->ncp_hdr_buf" within the function __pilot_parsing_ncp(), which leads to a denial of service (DoS) condition.'}, {'type': 'paragraph', 'content': 'This vulnerability is located in the Neural Processing Unit (NPU) component of the affected processors.'}] [1]
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on affected Samsung Exynos processors.
A denial of service means that the affected device or system may become unresponsive or crash due to the null pointer dereference issue.
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