CVE-2022-21788 Memory corruption in MT6879, MT6895, MT6983

What is CVE-2022-21788?

CVE-2022-21788 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 1 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In scp, there is a possible undefined behavior due to incorrect error handling. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS06988728; Issue ID: ALPS06988728.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21788?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-21788?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21788 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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

Is CVE-2022-21788 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21788 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fv39-4rvg-rg8j.