CVE-2022-20414 Denial of service in Android
A local attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering a boot loop via an uncaught exception in the AlarmManagerService.
- 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-2022-20414?
CVE-2022-20414 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 8 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In setImpl of AlarmManagerService.java, there is a possible way to put a device into a boot loop due to an uncaught exception. This could lead to local denial of service 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-234441463
Weakness: CWE-755
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20414?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2022-20414?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2022-20414 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20414 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as A-234441463, ASB-A-234441463, GHSA-xm24-7c3w-pfc7.