Security Resilience

CVE-2022-22265

Google Android 10.0 … 9.0

CISA KEVActive ExploitationEUVD Exploited
Published
10 January 2022
Modified
30 October 2025
KEV Added
18 September 2023
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 5.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0039 31th percentile
Risk Priority 75 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2022-22265 is a medium-severity Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions (CWE-703) vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 5.0 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 31th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); CISA has added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

The vulnerability is an improper check or handling of exceptional conditions, tracked as CWE-703, in the NPU driver prior to Samsung's SMR Jan-2022 Release 1. It permits arbitrary memory writes that can lead to code execution on affected devices. The issue carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.0 reflecting local attack vector, high attack complexity, low privileges, and required user interaction.

A local attacker who already has a foothold on the device can trigger the flaw through crafted inputs to the NPU driver, achieving limited but scoped impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploitation requires user interaction and does not yield full system compromise under the published scoring.

Samsung's January 2022 security bulletin addresses the issue in the SMR Jan-2022 Release 1 update. The CVE is also listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirming real-world exploitation activity. The EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a recorded peak of 0.0104, indicating increased exploitation interest after public disclosure.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in NPU driver prior to SMR Jan-2022 Release 1 allows arbitrary memory write and code execution.

CWE(s)
KEV Date Added
18 September 2023

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Affected Assets

google
android
10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 9.0

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-703

Implements explicit check and handling for the exceptional condition of audit logging process failure.

addresses: CWE-703

Establishing and monitoring system metrics with correlation and response actions helps identify and address improper handling of exceptional conditions.

addresses: CWE-703

Provides a defined response to detected conditions by restricting operation, ensuring exceptional conditions are handled rather than ignored or mishandled.

addresses: CWE-703

Contingency training equips users with defined procedures to check and respond to exceptional conditions during disruptions, reducing exploitation of mishandled errors.

addresses: CWE-703

Testing verifies the system's ability to detect, handle, and recover from exceptional conditions as part of the plan, reducing exploitability of improper exception handling.

addresses: CWE-703

Regular updates keep contingency procedures aligned with system changes, providing structured handling for exceptional conditions that would otherwise allow unmitigated exploitation.

addresses: CWE-703

Policy defines checks and handling for exceptional conditions arising from security incidents.

addresses: CWE-703

Performing IR tests ensures exceptional conditions are properly checked and handled to enable effective response.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

removes

A.8.26 only requires that security requirements (including resilience against attacks like SQL injection) be identified and specified during development or acquisition; it does not itself remove, fix, or eliminate any exceptional-condition handling defects already present in code.

removes

A.8.28 mandates secure coding practices, principles, defect removal during coding/review, and prohibiting insecure techniques that directly produce improper exception handling; this removes most instances of the first-party code defect, with a bounded remainder in incomplete adoption or edge-case defects not captured by the baseline.

Hardening callouts derived

DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.

  • No fine-grained STIG row for CWE-703, a pillar-level weakness, and none of its children carries one either.

References