CVE-2022-20260 Denial of service in Android

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A resource exhaustion flaw in the Android Phone app allows local attackers to cause a persistent denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-20260?

CVE-2022-20260 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Phone app, there is a possible crash loop due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local persistent denial of service in the Phone app with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-13Android ID: A-220865698

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20260?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-20260?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20260 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-20260 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20260 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-7p9j-v7wx-xrr2.

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