CVE-2022-22265 Samsung Mobile Devices Use-After-Free

What is CVE-2022-22265?

CVE-2022-22265 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 7 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in NPU driver prior to SMR Jan-2022 Release 1 allows arbitrary memory write and code execution.

Weakness: CWE-703

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22265?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-22265?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22265 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 9 Oct 2023.

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

Is CVE-2022-22265 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2022-22265 in the wild since at least 18 Sep 2023.

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• CVE-2023-35674 Android Framework Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48595 Android Framework Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2024-32896 Android Pixel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.1

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9fvj-4grr-mv9j.