CVE-2022-22265 (GCVE-0-2022-22265)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-01-07 22:39
Modified
2025-10-21 23:15
Severity ?
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-703 - Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Summary
An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in NPU driver prior to SMR Jan-2022 Release 1 allows arbitrary memory write and code execution.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices Version: O(8.x), P(9.0), Q(10.0), R(11.0), S(12.0)   < SMR Jan-2022 Release 1
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Date added: 2023-09-18

Due date: 2023-10-09

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2022&month=1; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22265

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