Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-40759

High

Published: 16 September 2022

Published
16 September 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0040 61.2th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-40759 is a high-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Samsung Mtower. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 38.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A NULL pointer dereference issue in the TEE_MACCompareFinal function in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 allows a trusted application to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by invoking the function TEE_MACCompareFinal with a NULL pointer for the parameter operation.

CWE(s)
CWE-476

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

samsung
mtower
≤ 0.3.0

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References