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CVE-2022-22265: Samsung Mobile Devices Use-After-Free Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2022-22265
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Samsung devices with selected Exynos chipsets contain a use-after-free vulnerability that allows malicious memory write and code execution.

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vendor: SamsungMemory corruption
What
A use-after-free vulnerability in Samsung devices with Exynos chipsets allows for malicious memory write and code execution.
Who is affected
Users of Samsung mobile devices with affected Exynos chipsets are vulnerable.
Urgency
Remediation is critical as the vulnerability is actively exploited and rated severe.
Action
Users should update their Samsung devices to the latest software version.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2023-09-18
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22265

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2022-22265coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for Samsung Mobile Devices

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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