CVE-2022-25820 Security feature bypass in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2022-25820?

CVE-2022-25820 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 8 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerable design in fingerprint matching algorithm prior to SMR Mar-2022 Release 1 allows physical attackers to perform brute force attack on screen lock password.

Weakness: CWE-307

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25820?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-25820?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25820 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-25820 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25820 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7q24-f637-m9v4.