CVE-2022-33690 Path traversal in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2022-33690?

CVE-2022-33690 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Jul 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper input validation in Contacts Storage prior to SMR Jul-2022 Release 1 allows attacker to access arbitrary file.

Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-33690?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-33690?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-33690 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2022-33690 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-33690 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-964p-3v8x-fww6.