CVE-2022-27573 Memory corruption in Samsung Mobile Devices
Privileged attackers can trigger out-of-bounds writes in Samsung mobile devices via improper input validation in the libsimba library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-27573?
CVE-2022-27573 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper input validation vulnerability in parser_infe and sheifd_find_itemIndexin fuctions of libsimba library prior to SMR Apr-2022 Release 1 allows out of bounds write by privileged attackers.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-27573?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2022-27573?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-27573 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-2022-27573 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27573 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g25m-xgj6-g247.