CVE-2022-39829
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 5, 2022 at 03:43 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:58 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendormTower
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
There is a NULL pointer dereference in aes256_encrypt in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 due to a missing check on the return value of EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/blob/18f4b592a8a973ce5972f4e2658ea0f6e3686284/tools/ecdsa_keygen.c#L135x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/issues/75x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man3/EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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