CVE-2022-39829 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

There is a NULL pointer dereference in aes256_encrypt in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 due to a missing check on the return value of EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new.

Published: 2022-09-05

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:samsung:mtower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-42274	There is a NULL pointer dereference in aes256_encrypt in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 due to a missing check on the return value of EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00441.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/blob/18f4b592a8a973ce5972f4e2658ea0f6e3686284/tools/ecdsa_keygen.c#L135
https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/issues/75
https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man3/EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new.html

History

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Subscriptions

Samsung Mtower

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-05T03:43:20.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:07:43.008Z

Reserved: 2022-09-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-39829

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-05T04:15:08.790

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:18:20.437

Link: CVE-2022-39829

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

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