Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-21745

High

Published: 06 June 2022

Published
06 June 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0010 27.6th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

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

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

google
android
10.0, 11.0, 12.0

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.

addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References