🛡️ CVE-2022-20496 — android

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-416 NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

In setDataSource of initMediaExtractor.cpp, there is a possibility of arbitrary code execution due to a use after free. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-12 Android-12L Android-13Android ID: A-245242273

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level 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 none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-20496 is classified as CWE-416: Use After Free. Memory is used after being released, so its contents may already belong to something else.

Affected software

CVE-2022-20496 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • android
  • platform/frameworks/av (from 13:0 up to 13:2022-12-01)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 December 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

source.android.com
source.android.com

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-416
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-12-13
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
android — —
platform/frameworks/av 13:0 13:2022-12-01

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