PT-2022-14705 · Google · Android

Published 2022-12-01 · Updated 2025-04-22 · CVE-2022-20488

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions Android-10 through Android-13

Description The issue is related to a possible failure to persist permissions settings in the NotificationChannel of NotificationChannel.java due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android versions Android-10 through Android-13, update to a version that includes the fix for the issue, as described in the Android ID A-242703217. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1284

Related Identifiers

ASB-A-242703217

CVE-2022-20488

Affected Products

Android

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-20488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ASB-A-242703217 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20488 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-20488 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2022-12-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-20488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-20488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/3850857cb0e7f26702d5bd601731d7290390fa3b · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/54414 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119337 · Telegram Post
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/6f02c07176d0fa4d6985c8f2200ccf49a1657d1c · Note