CVE-2022-21745
Published: 06 June 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-21745 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 27.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-26909
Vulnerability details
In WIFI Firmware, there is a possible memory corruption due to a use after free. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege, when devices are connecting to the attacker-controllable Wi-Fi hotspot, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction…
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is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS06468872; Issue ID: ALPS06468872.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.