CVE-2022-20479 (GCVE-0-2022-20479)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-13 00:00
Modified
2025-04-22 17:38
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Elevation of privilege
Summary
In NotificationChannel of NotificationChannel.java, there is a possible failure to persist permissions settings due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-12 Android-12L Android-13Android ID: A-241764340
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Android Version: Android-10 Android-11 Android-12 Android-12L Android-13
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