🛡️ CVE-2022-20385 — android

🔴 CVSS 9.8 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
9.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

a function called 'nla_parse', do not check the len of para, it will check nla_type (which can be controlled by userspace) with 'maxtype' (in this case, it is GSCAN_MAX), then it access polciy array 'policy[type]', which OOB access happens.Product: AndroidVersions: Android SoCAndroid ID: A-238379819

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2022-20385 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • :unknown: (from SoCVersion:0 up to SoCVersion:2022-09-05)
  • android

Timeline and source

Published on 1 September 2022 and last revised on 11 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

source.android.com (Advisory)

Details

Severity Critical
CVSS Score 9.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-09-01
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-11
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
:unknown: SoCVersion:0 SoCVersion:2022-09-05
android — —

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