🛡️ CVE-2022-33685 — android

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, 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 low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-33685 is classified as CWE-561: Dead Code. The product contains dead code, which can never be executed.

Affected software

CVE-2022-33685 is recorded against 1 package.

• android

Timeline and source

Published on 12 July 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

security.samsungmobile.com
security.samsungmobile.com

Other advisories for this package

android has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2024-0028 (5.5 Medium, published 5 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-35657 (4.0 Medium, published 4 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21470 (4.0 Medium, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21476 (8.0 High, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21469 (4.0 Medium, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21475 (8.0 High, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21468 (5.9 Medium, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21474 (6.3 Medium, published 3 Sep 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-561: Dead Code) in other software:

• CVE-2026-44057 (3.1 Low, published 21 May 2026)
• CVE-2025-34205 (9.8 Critical, published 19 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2024-8300 (7.0 High, published 28 Nov 2024)
• CVE-2024-32634 (6.1 Medium, published 16 Apr 2024)
• CVE-2022-33726 (3.3 Low, published 5 Aug 2022)
• CVE-2022-30748 (4.0 Medium, published 7 Jun 2022)

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