CVE-2025-20889
Out-of-bounds read in decoding malformed bitstream for smp4vtd in libsthmbc.so prior to SMR Jan...
Out-of-bounds read in decoding malformed bitstream for smp4vtd in libsthmbc.so prior to SMR Jan-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to read arbitrary memory. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Out-of-bounds read in decoding malformed bitstream for smp4vtd in libsthmbc.so prior to SMR Jan-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to read arbitrary memory. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2025-20889- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-2202
Out-of-bounds read in decoding malformed bitstream for smp4vtd in libsthmbc.so prior to SMR Jan-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to read arbitrary memory. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2025-2202- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2ghh-xmvf-53hw
Out-of-bounds read in decoding malformed bitstream for smp4vtd in libsthmbc.so prior to SMR Jan...
Out-of-bounds read in decoding malformed bitstream for smp4vtd in libsthmbc.so prior to SMR Jan-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to read arbitrary memory. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-2ghh-xmvf-53hw- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Out-of-bounds read in decoding malformed bitstream for smp4vtd in libsthmbc.so prior to SMR Jan-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to read arbitrary memory. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2025-20889- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-20889 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Samsung Android, published February 4, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.