Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-20009

Medium

Published: 10 May 2022

Published
10 May 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
01 May 2022
CVSS Score v3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0030 54.0th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-20009 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 6.8 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 46.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In various functions of the USB gadget subsystem, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not…

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needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-213172319References: Upstream kernel

CWE(s)
CWE-787

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

google
android
all versions

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

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