CVE-2022-22265 (GCVE-0-2022-22265)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-07 22:39 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:15- CWE-703 - Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Mobile | Samsung Mobile Devices |
Affected:
O(8.x), P(9.0), Q(10.0), R(11.0), S(12.0) , < SMR Jan-2022 Release 1
(custom)
|
guessed |
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
Scope
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-703 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | Mobile Devices |
| Due Date | 2023-10-09 |
| Date Added | 2023-09-18 |
| Vendorproject | Samsung |
| Vulnerabilityname | Samsung Mobile Devices Use-After-Free Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
Scope
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in NPU driver prior to SMR Jan-2022 Release 1 allows arbitrary memory write and code... |
| Vendor | Samsung Mobile |
| Product | Samsung Mobile Devices |
| Added Date | 2023-09-18T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 5.0 |
| Epss Score | None |
| Cvss Severity | MEDIUM |
| Epss Percentile | None |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.