CVE-2022-20235 Memory corruption in Android

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A user-space program can write arbitrary data to the GPU Information Page, causing memory corruption and potential code execution in the Android kernel.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-20235?

CVE-2022-20235 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 24 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The PowerVR GPU kernel driver maintains an "Information Page" used by its cache subsystem. This page can only be written by the GPU driver itself, but prior to DDK 1.18 however, a user-space program could write arbitrary data to the page, leading to memory corruption issues.Product: AndroidVersions: Android SoCAndroid ID: A-259967780

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20235?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-20235?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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

Is CVE-2022-20235 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20235 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as A-259967780, ASB-A-259967780, GHSA-c474-93fq-8fxp.

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