Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-53966

Title: Buffer overflow due to incorrect handling of NL80211 vendor command

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2025-53966.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Jan 05, 2026
Modified Date Jan 09, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.4 CVSS v
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.14%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-53966: An issue was discovered in Samsung Mobile Processor Exynos 1380, 1480, 2400, and 1580. Incorrect Handling of the NL80211 vendor command leads to a buffer overflow during handling of an IOCTL message.

Impacted Vendors

S
samsung 4

Reference Links

https://semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/ https://semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/cve-2025-53966/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
8.4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-53966 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.