Patch now! Attacks on Android smartphones from Samsung observed
Samsung has closed a malicious code gap in various Android versions. Exploit code is already in circulation.
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Attackers are currently exploiting a security vulnerability in Samsung smartphones with Android 13, 14, 15 and 16. This allows malicious code to reach devices. A security patch is available for selected devices.
Install the security patch
A few days after the Android patch day in September, Samsung warns of attacks in the security section of its mobile website. According to the information provided, the vulnerability (CVE-2025-21043 "high") is located in the image processing library libimagecodec.quram.so. Remote attackers can use this in an unspecified way to execute malicious code. The extent of the attacks is currently unknown. The vulnerability was reported to Samsung by Meta's WhatsApp security team. The connection between the WhatsApp messenger and the vulnerability is currently not clear from the article.
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To protect devices from the described attack, owners of Samsung devices still under support must install the SMR Sep-2025 Release 1 security update collection.
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