CVE-2022-20040 Memory corruption in MT6735, MT6737, MT6739, MT6755, MT6757, MT6761, MT6771, MT6779, MT6785, MT6833, MT6853, MT6873, MT6875, MT6877, MT6880, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6890, MT6891, MT6893, MT8167, MT8168, MT8173, MT8175, MT8185, MT8321, MT8362A, MT8365, MT8385, MT8765, MT8766, MT8768, MT8786, MT8788, MT8789, MT8791, MT8797

What is CVE-2022-20040?

CVE-2022-20040 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 9 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In power_hal_manager_service, there is a possible permission bypass due to a stack-based buffer overflow. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS06219150; Issue ID: ALPS06219150.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20040?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-20040?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20040 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-20040 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20040 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2023-35674 Android Framework Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48595 Android Framework Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2024-32896 Android Pixel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.1

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jfrh-m635-cmp3.