CVE-2022-22265An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in NPU driver prior to SMR Jan-2022 Release 1 allows arbitrary memory write and…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 0.42%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 63% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 18 Sept 2023
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in NPU driver prior to SMR Jan-2022 Release 1 allows arbitrary memory write and code execution.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Samsung Mobile Devices Use-After-Free Vulnerability.
- Added
- 18 Sept 2023
- Fix due (US federal)
- 9 Oct 2023
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 18 Sept 2023.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Samsung Mobile
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung MobileCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
Samsung Mobile · Samsung Mobile Devices
- affected O(8.x), P(9.0), Q(10.0), R(11.0), S(12.0) – < SMR Jan-2022 Release 1
References
References2
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-27412 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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