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CVE-2022-20140: 
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2022-20140 is a critical-severity vulnerability discovered in Android's readmultirsp of gatt_sr.cc component. The vulnerability affects Android versions 12 and 12L, and was disclosed and patched in June 2022. This out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists due to an incorrect bounds check (NVD, SecurityWeek).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) and affects the System component of Android (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could lead to remote escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed and requires no user interaction for exploitation. This could potentially allow attackers to gain elevated access to system resources and sensitive data (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Google addressed this vulnerability in the June 2022 Android security updates. Users are advised to update their Android devices to the latest available security patch level. Samsung notably released the patch containing these fixes a day before Google's official release (BleepingComputer).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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