CVE-2022-20439 Denial of service in Android

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An unauthorized provider in Android Messaging allows local attackers to cause a 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-2022-20439?

CVE-2022-20439 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 provider, this could cause Local Deny of Service.Product: AndroidVersions: Android SoCAndroid ID: A-242266172

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20439?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-20439?

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-2022-20439 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20439 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cxhx-fhj3-7wwr.

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