CVE-2022-40761 Denial of service in n/a
A trusted application can cause a Denial of Service in Samsung mTower by triggering a heap layout issue during cryptographic operation allocation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-40761?
CVE-2022-40761 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The function tee_obj_free in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 allows a trusted application to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by invoking the function TEE_AllocateOperation with a disturbed heap layout, related to utee_cryp_obj_alloc.
Weakness: CWE-1284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40761?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Samsung Mtower.
How do I fix CVE-2022-40761?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40761 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-40761 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40761 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pj69-hq2r-jmr8.