Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2022 · Assigned by google_android

CVE-2022-20338

Low 3.3

In plain English

A low-severity improper input validation in Android. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.3Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

In HierarchicalUri.readFrom of Uri.java, there is a possible way to craft a malformed Uri object due to improper input validation. This could lead to a local escalation of privilege, preventing processes from validating URIs correctly, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11 Android-12 Android-12LAndroid ID: A-171966843

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Android	Android-11 Android-12 Android-12L

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-05-01