PT-2022-14461 · Google · Android

Published 2022-08-09 · Updated 2025-10-20 · CVE-2022-20239

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows userspace to potentially map the kernel area to be writable, which can be easily exploited. This is because the 'remap pfn range' function may map out of size kernel memory, and the 'vma->vm page prot' can be controlled by userspace.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

CWE-610

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-20239

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20239 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2022-08-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/34641 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/139478 · Telegram Post