CVE-2022-20437 Denial of service in Android

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An unauthorized broadcast in Android Messaging allows attackers to cause a local 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
Available

What is CVE-2022-20437?

CVE-2022-20437 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Messaging, There has unauthorized broadcast, this could cause Local Deny of Service.Product: AndroidVersions: Android SoCAndroid ID: A-242258929

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20437?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-20437?

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-2022-20437 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20437 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cjmj-78w3-v69v.

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