PT-2022-26488 · Google · Android Kernel

Published 2022-12-16 · Updated 2022-12-21 · CVE-2022-42526

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android kernel

Description The issue is related to a possible out of bounds write in the ConvertUtf8ToUcs2 function of radio hal utils.cpp due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege, requiring System execution privileges. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android kernel, apply a patch that includes a bounds check in the ConvertUtf8ToUcs2 function of radio hal utils.cpp to prevent out of bounds writes.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-42526

Affected Products

Android Kernel

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42526 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2022-12-01 · Vendor Advisory