PT-2022-26498 · Google · Android

Published 2022-12-16 · Updated 2022-12-21 · CVE-2022-42542

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 versions Android-13

Description The issue is related to a possible out of bounds write in the phNxpNciHal core initialized function of phNxpNciHal.cc due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android version Android-13, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-42542

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42542 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42542 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2022-12-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/54731 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/40384 · Telegram Post