PT-2022-14707 · Google · Android

Published 2022-12-01 · Updated 2025-04-22 · CVE-2022-20491

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, 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-242703556

CVE-2022-20491

Affected Products

Android

References · 11

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2022-12-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20491 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ASB-A-242703556 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-20491 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-20491 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-20491 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-20491 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/3850857cb0e7f26702d5bd601731d7290390fa3b · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/54410 · Telegram Post
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/6f02c07176d0fa4d6985c8f2200ccf49a1657d1c · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119338 · Telegram Post