CVE-2022-36868 Information disclosure in Samsung Mobile Devices

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

An attacker can leak the MAC address of a connected Bluetooth device due to improper intent restriction in Samsung mobile devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-36868?

CVE-2022-36868 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 7 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper restriction of broadcasting Intent in MouseNKeyHidDevice prior to SMR Oct-2022 Release 1 leaks MAC address of the connected Bluetooth device.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36868?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-36868?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36868 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-36868 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36868 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6wg7-h552-23vx.

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