Uncontrolled Memory Allocation in mTower - CVE-2022-40762
Published: September 21, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67544
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40762
CWE-ID: CWE-789
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Samsung
Affected software:
mTower
mTower
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a memory allocation with excessive size value in the TEE_Realloc function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-40762
Install updates from vendor's website.