CVE-2022-36844 Memory corruption in Samsung Mobile Devices
A heap-based overflow in Samsung's text recognition SDK allows attackers to cause a memory access fault, leading to denial of service on mobile devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-36844?
CVE-2022-36844 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 9 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A heap-based overflow vulnerability in HWR::EngJudgeModel::Construct() in libSDKRecognitionText.spensdk.samsung.so library prior to SMR Sep-2022 Release 1 allows attacker to cause memory access fault.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36844?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2022-36844?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36844 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-2022-36844 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36844 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3pcr-6c3f-wvpr.